Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed. — Saint Francis de Sales
Meditation is listening to the divine within — Edgar Cayce
Meditation depends upon the strength of mind. It must be unceasing even when one is engaged in work. Particular time for it is meant for novices. — Ramana Maharshi
Every man must take time daily for quiet and meditation. In daily meditation lies the secret of power. — H. Emilie Cady
Meditation is intermittent fasting for the mind. — Naval Ravikant
Meditation is a vital way to purify and quiet the mind, thus rejuvenating the body. — Deepak Chopra
Meditation is warm-up exercise for the mind, so that you can jog through the rest of the day without getting agitated or spraining your patience. — Eknath Easwaran
Meditation in the midst of activity is a thousand times superior to meditation in stillness. — Hakuin Ekaku
Meditation is the key to unlocking your full potential. — Wim Hof
We meditate so we can see miracles unfolding. Without stillness life is a blur. — Russell Simmons
Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively. — Sharon Salzberg
Meditation is the most effective form of relaxation. It not only relaxes the body and mind but also feeds them with vital energy, peace and happiness. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Solve all your problems through meditation. — Lahiri Mahasaya
Meditation gives you the wherewithal to pause, observe how easily the mind can exaggerate the severity of a setback, and resist getting drawn into the abyss. — Richard Davidson
Meditation allows us to directly participate in our lives instead of living life as an afterthought. — Stephen Levine
With meditation I found a ledge above the waterfall of my thoughts. — Mary Pipher
When in bed, meditate. Either you will have a deep meditation or fall asleep. Victory either way. — Naval Ravikant
Daily Meditation Image Quotes
You'll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.
What Is Meditation Quotes
I don't mind what happens. That is the essence of inner freedom.
It is a timeless spiritual truth: release attachment to outcomes,
deep inside yourself, you'll feel good no matter what. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are. — Marcus Aurelius
Only fools argue whether to eat meat or not. They don't understand truth nor do they meditate on it. Who can define what is meat and what is plant Who knows where the sin lies, being a vegetarian or a non vegetarian — Guru Nanak
Think positively; Exercise daily; Eat Healthy; Work Hard; Stay strong; Worry less; Dance more; Love often.
If you know how to keep yourself pleasant within, irrespective of what is happening around you, Ultimate Liberation cannot be denied to you. — Jaggi Vasudev
In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth. — Mahatma Gandhi
It does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have gathered or how much attention you have received. It is the amount of positive vibration you have radiated in life that matters. — Amit Ray
You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.
What is this true meditation? It is to make everything: coughing, swallowing, waving the arms, motion, stillness, words, action, the evil and the good, prosperity and shame, gain and loss, right and wrong, into one single koan. — Hakuin Ekaku
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed. - Buddha No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. — Buddha
Don't hate the arising of thoughts or stop the thoughts that do arise. Simply realize that our original mind, right from the start, is beyond thought, so that no matter what, you never get involved with thoughts. Illuminate original mind, and no other understanding is necessary. — Bankei Yotaku
Thoughts are impediments to seeing your deepest nature.
Don't give rise to any thought, and discover who you are.
That ocean of eternal peace is you.
What is the difficulty that we suffer from?
It is that we seek peace elsewhere and do not experience that we are peace incarnate itself. — H. W. L. Poonja
Meditation Benefits Quotes
All meditation must begin with arousing deep compassion. Whatever one does must emerge from an attitude of love and benefitting others. — Milarepa
Every second you waste thinking about a hater or troll is a second you’re taking away from those who matter and can benefit from what you have to offer. — Pat Flynn
We can experience joy in adverse circumstances by holding God's benefits in such esteem that the recognition of them and meditation upon them shall overcome all sorrow. — John Calvin
If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done. Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.
Raja yoga is the mental practice and incorporates meditation, pranayama, and mudra. What are the benefits of having a raja yoga practice? The benefit is spirituality. — Rajashree Choudhury
I have been 'diving within' through the Transcendental Meditation technique for over 30 years. It has changed my life, my world. I am not alone. Millions of other people of all ages, religions, and walks of life practice the technique and enjoy incredible benefits. — David Lynch
This sound meditation is gentle and subtle, but its benefits are extensive, in that it allows you to gently release tension that arises from your present circumstances, and if you choose to work with it further it can help release negativity from your past. — Tom Kenyon
Prayer is when you talk to god, meditation is when god talks to you.
Integrity is not about the action but its purpose. Are you doing it for everyone's wellbeing or for your own benefit? — Jaggi Vasudev
One key point is that different people may benefit from different types of meditation, as well as other interventions. This question of optimal matching between the form of practice and the type of person has not received much scientific attention. — Richard Davidson
The most powerful benefits of meditation come from having a regular, daily practice. — Deepak Chopra
If you consider risk versus benefit, I mean, what is the risk of meditating? You just spend twenty minutes meditating. It's one of the things you can say is pretty much zero risk and there is the potential for massive benefit. Even if it's just minimal benefit, who wouldn't want that? — Jennifer Ashton
Daily Day Quotes
Life is not a problem to be solved, but an experience to be had. — Alan Watts
Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day — Deepak Chopra
Everything you need, your courage, strength, compassion and love; everything you need is already within you.
May all the gods whom I settled in their sacred centers ask daily of Bêl and Nâbu that my days be long and may they intercede for my welfare. ... The people of Babylon blessed my kingship, and I settled all the lands in peaceful abodes. — Cyrus the Great
Every day, for at least fifteen minutes, be selfish, and enjoy some time for you. — Rangan Chatterjee
The farmer has patience and trusts the process. He just has the faith and deep understanding that through his daily efforts, the harvest will come.And then one day, almost out of nowhere, it does. — Robin Sharma
Adventure isn't hanging off a rope on the side of a mountain. Adventure is an attitude we must apply to the day to day obstacles of life.
Never stop investing. Never stop improving. Never stop doing something new. Make it your goal to be better each and every day, in some small way. Remember the Japanese concept of Kaizen. Small daily improvements eventually result in huge advantages. — Bob Parsons
There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet. — William Halsey
I had a stroll like this in the park with somebody, and I saw the ice and I thought, 'what would happen if I go in there?' I was really attracted to it. I went in, got rid of my clothes. Thirty seconds I was in. Tremendous good feeling when I came out, and since then, I repeated it every day. — Wim Hof
Every day is different so there is no like routine. — MrBeast
Meditation Life Quotes
Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change. — Buddha
Frustration, discouragement, and depression mean you are working against yourself. — Jaggi Vasudev
If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? — Dogen
Smile, laughter and meditation are all privileges of human life.
Life is short and the time of death is uncertain; so apply yourself to meditation. Avoid doing evil, and acquire merit, to the best of your ability, even at the cost of life itself. In short: Act so that you have no cause to be ashamed of yourselves and hold fast to this rule. — Milarepa
Only a life of prayer and meditation will render a vessel ready for the Master's use. — George Muller
Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are. — Jon Kabat-Zinn
If ocean can calm itself, so can you. We are both salt water with with air.
Life is short. Time is fleeting. Realize the Self. Purity of the heart is the gateway to God. Aspire. Renounce. Meditate. Be good; do good. Be kind; be compassionate. Inquire, know Thyself. — Sivananda
The key is to be in a state of permanent connectedness with your inner body - to feel it at all times. This will rapidly deepen and transform your life. The more consciousness you direct into the inner body, the higher its vibrational frequency becomes. — Eckhart Tolle
Move, but don't move the way fear makes you move. — Rumi
Your goal is not to battle with the mind, but to witness the mind. — Swami Muktananda
Prayer And Meditation Quotes
Help me, Lord, to remember that religion is not to be confined to the church... nor exercised only in prayer and meditation, but that every where I am in Thy Presence — Susanna Wesley
After you have made a decision that is pleasing to God, the Devil may try to make you have second thoughts. Intensify your prayer time, meditation, and good deeds. For if Satan's temptations merely cause you to increase your efforts to grow in holiness, he'll have an incentive to leave you alone. — Ignatius of Loyola
Give yourself to prayer, to reading and meditation on divine truths: strive to penetrate to the bottom of them and never be content with a superficial knowledge. — David Brainerd
For Christians, as for all people of faith, reflection, meditation and prayer help us to renew ourselves in God's love, as we strive daily to become better people. The Christmas message shows us that this love is for everyone. There is no one beyond its reach. — Queen Elizabeth II
Prayer is the wing wherewith the soul flies to heaven, and meditation the eye wherewith we see God. — Ambrose
You can set up an altar to God in your minds by means of prayer. And so it is fitting to pray at your trade, on a journey, standing at a counter or sitting at your handicraft. — Saint John Chrysostom
If you surrender yourself, and do not rush, but meditate on the Word of God, you will find prayer forming in your heart. It is a prayer inspired by the Holy Spirit, a prayer that God will be pleased to hear. — John R. Rice
Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer. — Dean Koontz
Stillness is our most intense mode of action. It is in our moments of deep quiet that is born every idea, emotion, and drive which we eventually honor with the name of action. We reach highest in meditation, and farthest in prayer. In stillness every human being is great. — Leonard Bernstein
When you cease from labour, fill up your time in reading, meditation, and prayer: and while your hands are labouring, let your heart be employed, as much as possible, in divine thoughts. — David Brainerd
Meditation And Prayer Quotes
Ask yourself whose voice are you listening to? What you see in me is the result of prayer and hard work and obedience to the voice of God. — Folorunsho Alakija
Alone-in moments of prayer or meditation, or simply in stillness-we breathe more deeply, see more fully, hear more keenly. We notice more, and in the process, we return to what is sacred. — Katrina Kenison
Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us. — Bill W.
If you want to know what you are here to do, how you can be more loving, or how to get through a difficult situation, my answer is always meditate. The difference between prayer and meditation is that when we pray, we are asking for something, and when we meditate, we are listening to the answer. — James Van Praagh
In order to succeed in it (prayer), it should be done when we first awaken, when our whole being is calm and recollected. We need to make our meditation before anything else. — Peter Julian Eymard
Our most emotionally active life is lived in our dreams, and our cells renew themselves most industriously in sleep. We reach highest in meditation, and farthest in prayer. In stillness every human being is great; he is free from the experience of hostility; he is a poet, and most like an angel. — Leonard Bernstein
Once the vision of the fulfillment of your dream has been planted in your mind, bring it in to your prayer life. Each time you pray the picture to mind and meditate on it. Pray over it. See it happening. Destroy all the images of failure. Replace them with the image of success. — Phil Pringle
I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness. — Marianne Williamson
Meditation and prayer have withstood the test of time. They work today as perfectly as they did for those who first practised and perfected them. — Michael Beckwith
The essence of meditation is a period of time set aside to contemplate the Lord, listen to Him, and allow Him to permeate our spirits. — Charles Stanley
Meditation Practice Quotes
Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace. — Dalai Lama
As gold purified in a furnace loses its impurities and achieves its own true nature, the mind gets rid of the impurities of the attributes of delusion, attachment and purity through meditation and attains Reality. — Adi Shankara
I believe that if people would learn to use LSD's vision-inducing capability more wisely, under suitable conditions, in medical practice and in conjunction with meditation, then in the future this problem child could become a wonderchild. — Albert Hofmann
If every 8 year old in the world is taught meditation, we will eliminate violence from the world within one generation — Dalai Lama
Meditation practice is a way of making friends with ourselves. Whether we are worthy or unworthy, that's not the point. It's developing a friendly attitude to ourselves, accepting the hidden neurosis coming through. — Chogyam Trungpa
Nowadays, the practice of yoga stops with just asanas. Very few even attempt dharana and dhyana (deeper meditation) with seriousness. There is a need to search once more and reestablish the practice and value of yoga in modern times. — Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
All your experiences, all your meditations, all your prayer, all that you do, is self-centred. It is strengthening the self, adding momentum, gathering momentum, so it is taking you in the opposite direction. Whatever you do to be free from the self also is a self-centred activity. — U.G. Krishnamurti
By the practice of meditation, you will find that you are carrying within your heart a portable paradise. — Paramahansa Yogananda
Walking is the great adventure, the first meditation, a practice of heartiness and soul primary to humankind. Walking is the exact balance beween spirit and humility. — Gary Snyder
Mindfulness Meditation Quotes
Curb your senses and your mind and see the Lord within your heart. — Adi Shankara
Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more. — Mother Teresa
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. — Bruce Lee
Music without words means
leaving behind the mind.
And leaving behind the mind
is meditation.
Meditation returns you
to the source.
And the source of all is sound. — Kabir
Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally. — Jon Kabat-Zinn
Learn silence. With the quiet serenity of a meditative mind, listen, absorb, transcribe, and transform. — Pythagoras
It is not the world that needs peace, it is people. When people in the world are at peace within, the world will be at peace. — Prem Rawat
The mind of one who practises doesn't run away anywhere, it stays right there. Good, evil, happiness and unhappiness, right and wrong arise, and he knows them all. The meditator simply knows them, they don't enter his mind. That is, he has no clinging. He is simply the experiencer. — Ajahn Chah
If you let cloudy water settle, it will become clear. If you let your upset mind settle, your course will also become clear. — Buddha
In horror of death, I took to the mountains - again and again I meditated on the uncertainty of the hour of death, capturing the fortress of the deathless unending nature of mind. Now all fear of death is over and done. — Milarepa
Deep Meditation Quotes
I started Transcendental Meditation in 1973 and have not missed a single meditation ever since. Twice a day, every day. It has given me effortless access to unlimited reserves of energy, creativity and happiness deep within. — David Lynch
Eat plants, sleep well, train hard, work harder, meditate hardest, believe in yourself, give in service, and most of all love deep & wide. — Rich Roll
Everything that is meant for you will feel like a deep exhale, as though you are returning home to a place you forgot existed. — Brianna Wiest
True love, in the evolutionary sense, means peace of mind. ‘Still waters run deep’ is a good way of characterizing it. — Amir Levine
The good life is one that is characterized by a deep and abiding sense of love and connection to others. — Martha C. Nussbaum
That deep silence has a melody of its own, a sweetness unknown amid the harsh discords of the world's sounds. — Paul Brunton
The peasant celebrates with song and dance the harvest safely gathered in. The cup of Bacchus flows freely, and many find their relief in deep slumber. — Antonio Vivaldi
When you really laugh for those few moments you are in a deep meditative state. Thinking stops. It is impossible to laugh and think together. — Osho [Chandra Mohan Jain]
During meditation your metabolism and your breath rate go down to a level of rest, twice that of deep sleep. — Mike Love
I think the International Space Station is providing a key bridge from us living on Earth to going somewhere into deep space. — Peggy Whitson
Buddhist Meditation Quotes
Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened. When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing. — Ajahn Chah
I'm expressin' with my full capabilities,
And now I'm livin in correctional facilities.
Cause some don't agree with how I do this,
I get straight and meditate like a Buddhist. — Dr. Dre
You are never alone or helpless. The force that guides the stars guides you too. — Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar
Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment. — Nhat Hanh
When sitting in meditation, say, "That's not my business!" with every thought that comes by. — Ajahn Chah
Movement is good for the body. Stillness is good for the mind. — Sakyong Mipham
Mind is everything. What we think, we become. — Buddha
If you have a glass full of liquid you can discourse forever on its qualities, discuss whether it is cold, warm, whether it is really and truly composed of H-2-O, or even mineral water, or saki. Meditation is Drinking it! — Taisen Deshimaru
Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine. — Buddha
After a few years of meditation practice we can even learn how to occasionally ignore ourselves. And what relief that can be! — Wes Nisker
The healthy Christian is not necessarily the extrovert, ebullient Christian, but the Christian who has a sense of God's presence stamped deep on his soul, who trembles at God's word, who lets it dwell in him richly by constant meditation upon it, and who tests and reforms his life daily in response to it. — J. I. Packer
Don’t forget to tell yourself positive things daily! You must love yourself internally to glow externally. — Hannah Bronfman
If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath. — Amit Ray
Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Watching birds has become part of my daily meditation affirming my connection to the earth body. — Carol P. Christ
Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in eternal awareness or pure consciousness. — Sivananda
Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment. — Alan Watts
The gift of learning to meditate is the greatest gift you can give yourself in this lifetime. — Sogyal Rinpoche
In meditation and in our daily lives there are three qualities that we can nurture, cultivate, and bring out. We already possess these, but they can be ripened: precision, gentleness, and the ability to let go. — Pema Chodron
Meditation is not something restricted to times of formal seated meditation; it is most fundamentally an attitude of being-a resting in and as being. Once you get the feel of it, you will be able to tune into it more and more often during your daily life. Eventually, in the state of liberation, meditation will simply become your natural condition. — Adyashanti
Giving to others is the greatest gift you can give yourself. — Darren Hardy
In the practice of sitting meditation you relate to your daily life all the time. Meditation practice brings our neuroses to the surface rather than hiding them at the bottom of our minds. It enables us to relate to our lives as something workable. — Chogyam Trungpa
Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom. — Buddha
Submit to a daily practice. Your loyalty to that is a ring at the door. Keep knocking, and the joy inside will eventually open a window and look out to see who's there. — Rumi
Daring to me is having courage; it's a daily meditation to take breath and find strength. — Uma Thurman
meditation is a way of developing clarity, which allows us to see the precision of daily life situations as well as our thought process so that we can relate with both of them fully and completely. — Chogyam Trungpa
To commune daily with God in deep meditation, and to carry His love and guidance with you into all your dutiful activities, is the way that leads to permanent peace and happiness. — Paramahansa Yogananda
Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law. — Buddha
Some people think that meditation takes time away from physical accomplishment. Taken to extremes, of course, that's true. Most people, however, find that meditation creates more time than it takes. — Peter McWilliams
Quiet the mind and the soul will speak. — Ma Jaya
We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship. — C. S. Lewis
I think maintenance comes from a daily spiritual growth practice of some kind: prayer, meditation, affirmations. Something that keeps you in the consciousness of higher thoughts and energy. That's also how you make sure you don't do it again. — Gabrielle Bernstein
When we don't nourish ourselves with fresh, healthy food, restful sleep, regular exercise, a daily spiritual practice such as meditation or journaling, and other mind-body healing habits, we will inevitably feel tired, out of balance, irritable, and sometimes even depressed. — Deepak Chopra
In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart. In dealing with others, be gentle and kind. In speech, be true. In ruling, be just. In daily life, be competent. In action, be aware of the time and the season. — Lao Tzu
Mindfulness is both a state of being and a daily spiritual practice, a form of meditation. — David Richo
It is astounding how much the immune system is strengthened by reducing daily mental stress levels with either visualization or meditation. The other great tonic for the immune system is love—loving ourselves as well as others. — Bernie Siegel
Meditation creates more time than it takes. — Peter McWilliams
Inward spiritual practices such as meditation, breathing techniques and self-analysis generate insights and enhance abilities, but none are so useful as learning to live harmoniously in a committed relationship, being a skillful parent, or juggling the demands of daily life. — Dan Millman
Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It's about befriending who we are already. — Pema Chodron
The idea that we can operate in different times is very important for me. And it manifests in daily life or when you meditate. In a way, it's a very scientific thing that you experience for yourself, how time passes, how your body can react to time in different ways. — Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Yoga is an integral part of my daily routine. That definitely helps me approach all aspects of my life from a place of mindfulness and clarity, through the meditation that usually accompanies this practice. — Christy Turlington
Any daily activity can be used as an opportunity for meditation. — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
I read everything, including the labels on canned food. I'm a hopeless print addict, a condition alleviated only by daily meditation which breaks the linear-Aristotelian trance. National Lampoon, Scientific American are what I read most obsessively. — Robert Anton Wilson
Children, if we can do archana of the 1000 Names of the Divine Mother daily with devotion, we will grow spiritually. There will never be lack of life's essentials, food and clothing, in a family that chants the 1000 Names with devotion. — Mata Amritanandamayi
Daily meditation keeps me sane. I memorize prayers or poems that express my highest spiritual ideals, and quietly, word for word, go through the prayer first thing in the morning. Julian of Norwich or St. Francis or the compassionate Buddha. It's called passage meditation. You internalize the perennial philosophies. — Ashley Judd
If you want to find God, hang out in the space between your thoughts. — Alan Cohen
...to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life-daily and hourly. Our answer must consist, not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. — Viktor E. Frankl
When you first start out don't set yourself a lofty goal of sitting down to meditate for twenty minutes. Aim instead for ten minutes or even five minutes - utilizing those few moments when you find yourself willing or even desiring just to take a break from the daily grind to observe your mind rather than drifting off into daydreams. — Tsoknyi Rinpoche
Writing a diary every evening before going to bed is a good habit. We can record in the diary how much time we have devoted to our spiritual practice. The diary should be written in a way that helps us see our mistakes and correct them. It should not be a mere document of other peoples' faults or our daily transactions. — Mata Amritanandamayi
When people tell me they're trying to meditate, I always know they don't have a format yet that works. I encourage a real meditative format that you use daily, because meditation is incremental and it only works if done every day. — Deborah King
When doing archana (daily prayers) as a group, one person should chant the mantra and the others should repeat it. Mantras should be chanted slowly, clearly and with devotion. — Mata Amritanandamayi
Unless we're very intentional about meditating on these truths [that show God's love], they slip from our thoughts like misty dreams that evaporate in the morning light. That's why Luther said we must take heed then, to embrace...the love and kindness of God...[and to] daily excercise [our] faith therein, entertain no doubt of God's love and kindness. — Elyse Fitzpatrick
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