Quotes on Mindfulness

[Daniel E.]

"Every great film should seem new every time you see it."

~ Roger Ebert

 

[Daniel E.]

"As the voice in your head chatters on and on try to be aware of it. Try to start becoming aware that it is a voice in your mind, that it is thought. Simply being aware that the voice is a voice, as opposed to being you, is the first step in slowing it down, calming it down, becoming free from its endless ramblings. That is all you have to do. You do not have to try to slow it down, you do not have to quiet it, simply when you hear it be aware that it is the voice in your head. Be aware that it is thought. This might be easier said than done but just try whenever you remember to. It will get easier and you will get more familiar doing this practice."

~ William Sharkey, Thoughtless: Think Less, Be More

 

[Daniel E.]

"For the Greeks the vast stretches of the sea must have had the same sort of mystery and remoteness that space has for our generation."

~ Stanley Kubrick

 

[Daniel E.]

 

[David Baxter PhD]

But if that's true, now come we remember yesterday?

 

[Daniel E.]

Just saw your comment.

I did find another trippy perspective (after the 18-minute mark): "Literally, each moment of time is like a new universe":


What is Time? | Episode 1102 | Closer To Truth - YouTube

 

[Daniel E.]

“We often get caught up in our own reactions and forget the vulnerability of the person in front of us.”

― Sharon Salzberg, The Force of Kindness


“Let the breath lead the way.”

― Sharon Salzberg, Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation


"By prizing heartfulness above faultlessness, we may reap more from our effort because we're more likely to be changed by it. We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it."

― Sharon Salzberg, The Power of Intention

 

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"The best things cannot be told because they transcend thought. The second best are misunderstood because they are the thoughts that are supposed to refer to that which cannot be thought about. The third best are what we talk about."

~ Joseph Campbell

 

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[Daniel E.]

"Many of us have spoken to ourselves in ways we would never speak to anyone else. In this way, we've acted more like our worst enemy than our best friend."

~ Cynthia Kane, Talk to Yourself Like a Buddhist

 

[Daniel E.]

 

[Daniel E.]

"One of the most dangerous features of anger is that anger calls forth anger, and the cycle can rapidly escalate. It takes a near-saintly character not to respond angrily to another person's anger, especially when that person's anger seems unjustified and self-righteous."

~ Paul Ekman, Emotions Revealed: Understanding Faces and Feelings

 

[Daniel E.]

"A life fully lived is a miracle, no matter how long--or short--it may be.”

― Christina G. Hibbert, This Is How We Grow: A Psychologist's Memoir of Loss, Motherhood, & Discovering Self-Worth and Joy, One Season at a Time

 

[Daniel E.]

“Everybody has their sadness. And most people are scared of it.”

― Mary Gaitskill, Bad Behavior

 

[Daniel E.]

"The truth is, other people's opinions of us are none of our business. Their opinions have nothing to do with us and everything to do with them, their past, their judgments, their expectations, their likes, and their dislikes."

~ Sandy Woznicki

 

[Daniel E.]

I am a poster girl with no poster
I am 32 flavors and then some
And I'm beyond your peripheral vision
So you might want to turn your head

~ Ani DiFranco, "32 Flavors"

 

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