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The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.
Thich Nhat Hanh
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
Buddha
Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the now the primary focus of your life.
Eckhart Tolle
The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.
Abraham Maslow
The present moment is a powerful goddess.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The present moment is a gift. That is why we call it the present.
Unknown
The art of life is to live in the present moment.
Emmet Fox
The present moment is perfect. You don't need to change anything, you don't need to wait for a better moment. This moment is all there is.
Unknown
The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Self-compassion is the practice of treating yourself with the same kindness, concern, and support that you would offer to a good friend.
Kristin Neff
Self-compassion is not a form of self-indulgence, it's a form of self-respect.
Neff and Germer
Self-compassion is simply giving the same kindness to ourselves that we would give to others.
Christopher Germer
If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
Jack Kornfield
Self-compassion is the greatest gift you can give yourself.
Kristin Neff
Self-compassion is not a luxury, it's a necessity.
Sharon Salzberg
Self-compassion is the key to a happy and fulfilling life.
Neff and Germer
Self-compassion is the foundation of a healthy self-image and a resilient sense of self-worth.
Neff and Germer
Self-compassion is the antidote to self-criticism and self-doubt.
Neff and Germer
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Melody Beattie
Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness. It’s the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul.
Amy Collette
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.
Zig Ziglar
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
Melody Beattie
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
Henry Ward Beecher
Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.
Lionel Hampton
Gratitude is the sweetest thing in a seeker’s life – in all human life. If there is gratitude in your heart, then there will be tremendous sweetness in your eyes.
Sri Chinmoy
Gratitude is a powerful force. It can turn a negative into a positive. Find ways to be thankful for your troubles, and they can become your blessings.
Author Unknown
Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
Thich Nhat Hanh
The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.
Thich Nhat Hanh
The breath is the king of the mind.
B.K.S. Iyengar
Breathing is the greatest pleasure in life.
Giovanni Papini
Breathing is our participation with the cosmic dance.
Michael Stone
The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.
Thich Nhat Hanh
The poetry of the earth is never dead.
John Keats
The silence of nature is very real. It surrounds you...you can feel it.
Ted Trueblood
The earth laughs in flowers.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nature is the art of God.
Dante Alighieri
In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.
John Muir
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
Lao Tzu
The earth has music for those who listen.
William Shakespeare
Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.
Gary Snyder
Self-care is not selfish. You cannot serve from an empty vessel.
Eleanor Brown
The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.
Steve Maraboli
Nourishing yourself in a way that helps you blossom in the direction you want to go is attainable, and you are worth the effort.
Deborah Day
Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.
Audre Lorde
You owe yourself the love that you so freely give to other people.
Unknown
Taking care of yourself is the most powerful way to begin to take care of others.
Bryant McGill
The practice of self-care is not about being selfish or self-indulgent. It is about nourishing yourself so that you can nourish others.
Unknown
Self-care is not a luxury. It is a necessity.
Unknown
The mind and body are like parallel universes. Anything that happens in the mental universe must leave tracks in the physical one.
Deepak Chopra
The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
B.K.S. Iyengar
The mind and body are not separate. What affects one, affects the other.
Unknown
The body is a multilingual being. It speaks through its color and its temperature, the flush of recognition, the glow of love, the ash of pain, the heat of arousal, the coldness of nonconviction.
Eduardo Galeano
The body is a vehicle for the mind, and the mind is a vehicle for the soul.
Unknown
The body is your first home. Breathing in, I arrive in my body. Breathing out, I am home.
Thich Nhat Hanh
The mind and body are not separate entities. They are intimately connected, and their relationship can influence our overall health and well
being.
The body is a reflection of the mind. If the mind is cluttered, the body will be cluttered.
Unknown
The body is a living, breathing, thinking, feeling organism, and it is intimately connected to the mind and spirit.
Deepak Chopra
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
William James
If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.
Amit Ray
The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
The mind is everything. What you think you become.
Buddha
The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There's only one moment for you to live.
Buddha
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
Alan Watts
Worrying is like paying a debt you don't owe.
Mark Twain
The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.
Thich Nhat Hanh
You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness.
Jon Kabat
In today's rush, we all think too much, seek too much, want too much and forget about the joy of just being.
Eckhart Tolle
The quieter you become, the more you can hear.
Ram Dass
The little things? The little moments? They aren't little.
Jon Kabat
The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self
knowledge has no end.
Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It's a way of entering into the quiet that's already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day.
Deepak Chopra
Meditation is a way for nourishing and blossoming the divinity within you.
Amit Ray
Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.
Sharon Salzberg
Meditation is a vital way to purify and quiet the mind, thus rejuvenating the body.
Deepak Chopra
Meditation is not a way of avoiding reality, it is a way of understanding and embracing reality.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Meditation is the secret of all growth in spiritual life and knowledge.
James Allen
Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit.
Jeremy Taylor
Meditation is the art of focusing 100% of your attention in one area. The practice comes with a myriad of well-publicized health benefits including increased concentration, decreased anxiety, and a general feeling of happiness.
Brain Tracy
Meditation is a way of slowing down and ultimately experiencing the world with greater clarity.
Andy Puddicombe
Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.
Sharon Salzberg
Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn't more complicated than that. It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it.
Sylvia Boorstein
Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening right now without wishing it were different; enjoying the pleasant without holding on when it changes (which it will); being with the unpleasant without fearing it will always be this way (which it won't).
James Baraz
Mindfulness is the miracle by which we master and restore ourselves.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Mindfulness is about being fully awake in our lives. It is about perceiving the exquisite vividness of each moment. We also gain immediate access to our own powerful inner resources for insight, transformation, and healing.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.
Steve Jobs
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
Marcus Aurelius
The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.
Winston Churchill
The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.
William James
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
Plutarch
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Stress is not what happens to us. It's our response to what happens. And response is something we can choose.
Maureen Killoran
Stress is the trash of modern life - we all generate it but if you don't dispose of it properly, it will pile up and overtake your life.
Danzae Pace
Stress is the alarm clock that lets you know you've attached to something not true for you.
Byron Katie
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
Elbert Hubbard
In today's rush, we all think too much — seek too much — want too much — and forget about the joy of just being.
Eckhart Tolle
The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good.
James Allen
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