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Happiness is activity of soul. ~ Aristotle.
Meditation quotes by Aristotle.
We're in charge of our own forgiveness, and the process takes time, patience, and intention. ~ Sharon Salzberg
Meditation quotes by Sharon Salzberg
Just one smile Immensely increases the beauty Of the universe. ~ Sri Chinmoy
Meditation quotes by Sri Chinmoy
When we're present our senses are heightened, and we can enjoy so much more of what we're seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, and feeling. ~ Ora Nadrich
Meditation quotes by Ora Nadrich
Witnessing can be called the seed and enlightenment can be called the flowers. But begin from witnessing, and then it starts growing. Go on nourishing it, go on caring for it, go on watering it, strengthen it in every possible way - and one day it is going to blossom. That day will be the greatest day of your life. ~ Rajneesh
Meditation quotes by Rajneesh
If the traveller can find A virtuous and wise companion Let him go with him joyfully And overcome the dangers of the way. But if you cannot find Friend or master to go with you, Travel on alone. ~ Gautama Buddha
Meditation quotes by Gautama Buddha
A little rest and meditation often saves a lot of riding over rough country. ~ Louis L'Amour
Meditation quotes by Louis L'Amour
As the kundalini rises, the knowledge and powers of those dimensions will begin to come to you. ~ Frederick Lenz
Meditation quotes by Frederick Lenz
There are several different kinds of painful feelings that we might experience, and learning to distinguish and relate to these feelings of discomfort or pain is an important part of meditation practice, because it is one of the very first things that we open to as our practice develops. ~ Jack Kornfield
Meditation quotes by Jack Kornfield
In Buddhism, we talk of meditation as an act of awakening, to be awake to the fact that the earth is in danger and living species are in danger. ~ Nhat Hanh
Meditation quotes by Nhat Hanh
You will always attract the situation that you think about, focus on, meditate upon and that's what law of attraction states. ~ Tonmoy Acharjee
Meditation quotes by Tonmoy Acharjee
But prayer and meditation aren't only in the realm of religion. I'd say neither is God, for that matter, brother Matt. What it's about is finding a peaceful center, even when we think that life is totally whack! ~ Daniel D. Maurer
Meditation quotes by Daniel D. Maurer
Be still. Be silent. Be soulfully present. In love. With love. As love. ~ Alexandra Domelle
Meditation quotes by Alexandra Domelle
Regular meditation opens the avenues of
intuitional knowledge,
makes the mind calm and steady,
awakens an ecstatic feeling,
and brings the practitioner in contact
with the source of his/her very being. ~ Sivananda
Meditation quotes by Sivananda
Mindfulness meditation practice will help you discern which thoughts support your goals and well-being and which thoughts are destructive or unhealthy and should be discarded. ~ Benjamin W. Decker
Meditation quotes by Benjamin W. Decker
Internalize the vagrant mind and fix it in the Lord. Then the meditation will be profound and intense. Don't open the eyes. Don't move from the seat. Melt yourself down into Him. Dive in the deep corners of your heart. Get immerse in the brilliant Atman. Drink the nectar of Immortality. Now enjoy the silence. Son of the nectar! Rejoice! Peace! Silence! Glory! ~ Sivananda
Meditation quotes by Sivananda
Meditation is not difficult in its concept and essence, but it can present challenges for some. One of the most common is in having the discipline required to stick with it and do it every day, no matter what.

"The good news is that discipline is not something you either have or you don't; it is something you develop. It is a choice. You become disciplined by making the decision, every day, to sit down and meditate, even if it's only for a few minutes. ~ Liberty Forrest
Meditation quotes by Liberty Forrest
Poetry is the way that we transcend language through language. And thus our freedom lies in the poetry of all things ~ Ilyas Kassam
Meditation quotes by Ilyas Kassam
As we discard a limited mind and a life of limitation to step into the grandness of vastness, we realize infinity itself to be the Guru and all that we do as grace. As we traverse through consciousness that is the Guru, we become the Guru and each thought of ours is perfect in the now, as scriptures. Consciousness is the Guru, the wisdom. ~ Nandhiji
Meditation quotes by Nandhiji
Meditation is the way in which we come to feel our basic inseparability from the whole universe, and what that requires is that we shut up. ~ Alan Watts
Meditation quotes by Alan Watts
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
Meditation quotes by Milarepa
We should not, however, judge the value of our meditation by "how we feel." A hard and apparently fruitless meditation may in fact be much more valuable than one that is easy, happy, enlightened and apparently a big success. ~ Thomas Merton
Meditation quotes by Thomas Merton
To one degree or another, everybody is connected to the Mystery, and everybody secretly yearns to expand the connection. That requires expanding the soul. These things can enlarge the soul: laughter, danger, imagination, meditation, wild nature, passion, compassion, psychedelics, beauty, iconoclasm, and driving around in the rain with the top down. These things can diminish it: fear, bitterness, blandness, trendiness, egotism, violence, corruption, ignorance, grasping, shining, and eating ketchup on cottage cheese. ~ Tom Robbins
Meditation quotes by Tom Robbins
Start with meditation, and things will go on growing in you - silence, serenity, blissfulness, sensitivity. And whatever comes out of meditation, try to bring it out in life. Share it, because everything shared grows fast. ~ Rajneesh
Meditation quotes by Rajneesh
When you sit in meditation, feel the joy in your soul. ~ Ma Jaya
Meditation quotes by Ma Jaya
It is not your qualifications but your exposure in life that makes you who you are. ~ Jaggi Vasudev
Meditation quotes by Jaggi Vasudev
The study of meditation is the entrance into the world of Wonderland. It has nothing to do with how you'd like it. You want a nice neat little study that's easily understandable. ~ Frederick Lenz
Meditation quotes by Frederick Lenz
In meditation, once you are gone in, you are gone in. Then, even when you resurrect you are a totally different person. The old personality is nowhere to be found. You have to start your life again from abc. You have to learn everything with fresh eyes, with a totally new heart. That's why meditation creates fear. ~ Rajneesh
Meditation quotes by Rajneesh
Seek God, not happiness - this is the fundamental rule of all meditation. If you seek God alone, you will gain happiness: that is its promise. ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Meditation quotes by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Buddha, in recovering his capacity for nonsensual joy, learned that this joy was limitless. He found that if he got himself out of the way, his joy completely suffused his mindful awareness. This gave him the confidence, the stability, the trust, and the means to see clearly whatever presented itself to his mind. In the curious bifurcation of consciousness that meditation develops, where we can be both observer and that which is being observed, the quality of joy that he recovered did not remain an internal object. It was not only a memory or merely a feeling to be observed; it was also a quality of mind that could accompany every moment of mindfulness. The more he accepted the presence of this feeling and the more it toggled between being object and subject, the closer the Buddha came to understanding his true nature. ~ Mark Epstein
Meditation quotes by Mark Epstein
Activities such as chanting, bowing, and sitting in zazen are not at all wasted, even when done merely formally, for even this superficial encounter with the Dharma will have some wholesome outcome at a later time. However, it must be said in the most unambiguous terms that this is not real Zen. To follow the Dharma involves a complete reorientation of one's life in such a way that one's activities are manifestations of, and are filled with, a deeper meaning. If it were not otherwise, and merely sitting in zazen were enough, every frog in the pond would be enlightened, as one Zen master said. Dōgen Zenji himself said that one must practice Zen with the attitude of a person trying to extinguish a fire in his hair. That is, Zen must be practiced with an attitude of single-minded urgency. ~ Francis Harold Cook
Meditation quotes by Francis Harold Cook
Remember that breath walking - as with any meditation technique - should not be pursued with a grim determination to 'get it right.' The point is to cultivate openness, relaxation and awareness, which can include awareness of your undisciplined, wandering mind. ~ Andrew Weil
Meditation quotes by Andrew Weil
It's highly psychological, and very beautiful, and overwhelming, and real, and trippy! ~ Russell Brand
Meditation quotes by Russell Brand
The West is concentration of the mind: the East is meditation of the mind. The West is thinking: the East is non-thinking. The West is mind: the East is no-mind. ~ Rajneesh
Meditation quotes by Rajneesh
Without intention, all these postures, these breathing practices, meditations, and the like can become little more than ineffectual gestures. When animated by intention, however, the simplest movement, the briefest meditation, and the contents of one breath cycle are made potent. ~ Donna Farhi
Meditation quotes by Donna Farhi
There is nectar in your soul. Meditation is the art of discovering that nectar, enriching it and distributing it for the welfare of the humanity. ~ Amit Ray
Meditation quotes by Amit Ray
I had always thought that wringing one's hands was a fictional gesture - the obscure outcome, perhaps, of some medieval ritual; but as I took to the woods, for a spell of despair and desperate meditation, this was the gesture ("look, Lord, at these chains!") that would have come nearest to the mute expression of my mood. ~ Vladimir Nabokov
Meditation quotes by Vladimir Nabokov
Until we begin to question our basic assumptions about ourselves and view them as fluid, not fixed, it's easy to repeat established patterns and, out of habit, reenact old stories that limit our ability to live and love ourselves with an open heart. ~ Sharon Salzberg
Meditation quotes by Sharon Salzberg
You can make any human activity into meditation simply by being completely with it and doing it just to do it. ~ Alan Watts
Meditation quotes by Alan Watts
It is better not to call anything to anybody - just remain centered in yourself. Look at the world and drop judgments, and you will have such a pure atmosphere around you - no appreciation, no condemnation, just a pure watchfulness. This watchfulness, I call meditation. ~ Rajneesh
Meditation quotes by Rajneesh
A primary goal of the spiritual life is to learn to quiet the mind through prayer and meditation, through spiritual practice, so that we can hear what in both Judaism and Christianity, is called the small, still voice within. ~ Marianne Williamson
Meditation quotes by Marianne Williamson
Effort is the unconstrained willingness to persevere through difficulty. ~ Sharon Salzberg
Meditation quotes by Sharon Salzberg
Passive Aggression – Being covertly spiteful with the intent of inflicting mental pain. ~ Ashta-Deb
Meditation quotes by Ashta-Deb
Recollection of death also serves as a useful preparation for the time when one actually has to face death. As the concluding exercise among the body contemplations, a regular recollection of death can lead to the realization that death is fearful only to the extent to which one identifies with the body. With the aid of the body contemplations one can come to realize the true [impermanent] nature of the body and thereby overcome one's attachment to it. Being free from attachment to the body, one will be freed from any fear of physical death. ~ Analayo
Meditation quotes by Analayo
I've heard it said that prayer is the act of talking to God, while meditation is the act of listening. ~ Elizabeth Gilbert
Meditation quotes by Elizabeth Gilbert
Behold the difference between the Oriental and the Occidental. The former has nothing to do in this world; the latter is full of activity. The one looks in the sun until his eyes are put out; the other follows him prone in his westward course. ~ Henry David Thoreau
Meditation quotes by Henry David Thoreau
Living on the verge is not about doing more, but about being more. It isn't about achieving more; it's about experiencing more. It's not about being someone different, as there 's no "better version of you" on the horizon. Everything you're searching for is available to you in this moment. Everything you need is right here on the verge. ~ Cara Bradley
Meditation quotes by Cara Bradley
I have been challenged by the concept of meditation ... I decided recently to accept the invitation of a friend to experience the sheer silence of meditation-undirected prayer ... I had before only sensed intellectually ... But by going deep into prayer I could almost feel it. ~ Laurie Beth Jones
Meditation quotes by Laurie Beth Jones
Meditation means this opening out of the soul to the Divine and letting the Divine shine in without obstruction from the personal self. Therefore it means renunciation. It means throwing away everything that one has, and waiting empty for the light to come in. ~ Annie Besant
Meditation quotes by Annie Besant
Any daily activity can be used as an opportunity for meditation. ~ Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Meditation quotes by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
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
Meditation quotes by Saint John Chrysostom
Meditation is the study of making the mind still. As your mind becomes still, a power enters you. This power transmogrifies your mind, it escalates your evolution and you begin to cycle through many incarnations in one lifetime. ~ Frederick Lenz
Meditation quotes by Frederick Lenz
As you meditate, you'll develop a sense of humor so that you can laugh at yourself, which you need to do in this world. ~ Frederick Lenz
Meditation quotes by Frederick Lenz
There are many ways to calm a negative energy without suppressing or fighting it. You recognize it, you smile to it, and you invite something nicer to come up and replace it; you read some inspiring words, you listen to a piece of beautiful music, you go somewhere in nature, or you do some walking meditation. ~ Nhat Hanh
Meditation quotes by Nhat Hanh
Sanskrit has different words to describe love for a brother or sister, love for a teacher, love for a partner, love for one's friends, love of nature, and so on. English has only one word, which leads to never-ending confusion. ~ Sharon Salzberg
Meditation quotes by Sharon Salzberg
What if deep down inside you...you knew you were more amazing and magnificent than you thought you were? ~ Roger James McDonald
Meditation quotes by Roger James McDonald
Meditation is the direct means of enjoying the greatest happiness and is the only means to quench the thirst for happiness on earth. ~ Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Meditation quotes by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Any school would gain, if the students began the day with meditation, cleared their heads and got themselves centered. ~ Pico Iyer
Meditation quotes by Pico Iyer
I've always understood that meditation had to be part of - or was part of the natural path and so I've always sort of dabbled in it. ~ Anne Lamott
Meditation quotes by Anne Lamott
She had what's known as inner life and didn't know it. She lived off herself as if eating her own entrails. When she went to work she looked like a gentle lunatic because as the bus went along she daydreamed in loud and dazzling dreams. These dreams, because of all that interiority, were empty because they lacked the essential nucelus of⁠ - of ecstasy, let's say. Most of the time she had without realizing it the void that fills the souls of the saints. Was she a saint? So it seems. She didn't know what she was meditating because she didn't know what the word meant. But it seems to me that her life was a long meditation on the nothing. Except she needed others in order to believe in herself, otherwise she'd get lost in the successive and round emptiness inside her. She meditated while she was typing and that's why she made even more mistakes. ~ Clarice Lispector
Meditation quotes by Clarice Lispector
The universe is something like a powerful radar system that is set up from all sides to record every action and every event that may take place anywhere, even of the least intensity or momentum. Meditation, when it is properly done, is not a silent and non-interfering process of thinking by some individual in some undisturbed corner, but a positive interference with the very structure of the universe and, sometimes, a directly employed system starts working at once and the forces around receive a warning, as it were, that someone is in a state of meditation. Immediately, counter-forces are gathered by what is generally known as the lower nature and the meditation receives a setback. ~ Swami Krishnananda
Meditation quotes by Swami Krishnananda
Enlightenment is the realization that all is as it should be. Everything is perfect as it is. Enlightenment is not an effort to achieve. Enlightenment is a state of non-doing, of effortlessness. Enlightenment is the feeling that you are at home in existence. You are part of the whole. You don't exist separately, all separation has disappeared. Enlightenment is the understanding that all is good and that all is an tremendous harmony. ~ Swami Dhyan Giten
Meditation quotes by Swami Dhyan Giten
Through meditation and gentle cooperation, the body will heal itself with little or no effort. ~ Bryant H. McGill
Meditation quotes by Bryant H. McGill
Meditation is preparing one hand for blessing the world and preparing the other hand for doing well-being of the world. ~ Amit Ray
Meditation quotes by Amit Ray
Meditation is listening to the song of the inner Soul, seeing the beauty of the inner Self, smelling the fragrance of the inner Spirit, experiencing the touch of the Divine inner energies and tasting the intense sweetness of the inner God. ~ Amit Ray
Meditation quotes by Amit Ray
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
Meditation quotes by Rajashree Choudhury
See here, how fresh is the air, there is the Ganga, and the Sadhus (holy men) are practising meditation, and holding lofty talks! While the moment you will go to Calcutta, you will be thinking of nasty stuff. ~ Swami Vivekananda
Meditation quotes by Swami Vivekananda
It's affirming that we can look at any experience from the fullness of our being and get past the shame we carry. ~ Sharon Salzberg
Meditation quotes by Sharon Salzberg
Meditation, then, is a state of mind in which the 'me' is absent. And therefore that very absence brings order. ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti
Meditation quotes by Jiddu Krishnamurti
In the stillness, everything happens. In the silence, everything is said. ~ Drew Gerald
Meditation quotes by Drew Gerald
Meditation is a way of moving into the unlimited dimension of who you are - it is the ultimate freedom. ~ Jaggi Vasudev
Meditation quotes by Jaggi Vasudev
Long distance running is meditation. When I finish a long run, it's like my brain has been washed. All the stress and negative thoughts are left somewhere on those long kilometers. At the end, the illusions of the past and future are removed from my mind, and it is set back to zero, so I feel I am totally in the present moment, reset, and ready to restart my life afresh. ~ Robert Black
Meditation quotes by Robert  Black
DIG Deep = "get deliberate, inspired, & going"
Deliberate in their thoughts and behaviors through prayer, meditation, or simply by setting intentions;
Inspired to make new and different choices;
Going. They take action. ~ Brene Brown
Meditation quotes by Brene Brown
The succession of thoughts appears in time, but the gap between two of them is outside time. The gap itself is normally unobserved. The chance of enlightenment is missed. ~ Paul Brunton
Meditation quotes by Paul Brunton
The mark of the Christian is the willingness to look for the Divine in the flesh of a babe in a crib, the continuing Christ under the appearance of bread on an altar, and a meditation and a prayer on a string of beads ~ Fulton J. Sheen
Meditation quotes by Fulton J. Sheen
Meditation is not passive sitting in silence. It is sitting in awareness, free from distraction, and realizing the clear understanding that arises from concentration. ~ Nhat Hanh
Meditation quotes by Nhat Hanh
I don't have a routine, but I have used meditation to just decompress and focus. ~ Mike Colter
Meditation quotes by Mike Colter
Benevolence means whatever is good for your Spirit. ~ Nirmala Srivastava
Meditation quotes by Nirmala Srivastava
I'm a huge fan of meditation. I know lots of people assume meditation to be some Buddhist mumbo-jumbo, but it's been scientifically documented to create therapeutic changes in the brain. ~ Karen Salmansohn
Meditation quotes by Karen Salmansohn
Meditation is the basis of a life of splendid health, untiring energy, unfailing love, and abiding wisdom. It is the very foundation of that deep inner peace for which every one of us longs. No human being can ever be satisfied by money or success or prestige or anything else the world can offer. What we are really searching for is not something that satisfies us temporarily, but a permanent state of joy. ~ Eknath Easwaran
Meditation quotes by Eknath Easwaran
The advantages of developing absorption concentration are not only that it provides a stable and receptive state of mind for the practice of insight meditation. The experience of absorption is one of intense pleasure and happiness, brought about by purely mental means, which thereby automatically eclipses any pleasure arising in dependence on material objects. Thus absorption functions as a powerful antidote to sensual desires by divesting them of their former attraction. ~ Analayo
Meditation quotes by Analayo
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
Meditation quotes by Paramahansa Yogananda
Meditation is not an escape. Meditation is the acceptance of life in its totality, with a view to transforming it for the highest manifestation of the divine Truth here on earth ~ Sri Chinmoy
Meditation quotes by Sri Chinmoy
What we refer to as yoga is just a technology to make your energies function by choice, not by compulsion. ~ Jaggi Vasudev
Meditation quotes by Jaggi Vasudev
The kingdom of God is just behind the darkness of closed eyes, and the first gate that opens to it is your peace. ~ Paramahansa Yogananda
Meditation quotes by Paramahansa Yogananda
I wake up early enough every morning to have some alone time. I have an app called Simply Being that's made for meditation. I do that for 5-10 minutes in the morning. Somehow, it helps make the chaos of life have some sort of definition. Exercise, too, keeps me able to deal with everything and not get too stressed. ~ Kevin Griffin
Meditation quotes by Kevin Griffin
Meditation transports one from the transient world of matter to the real world of dreamings, visions, and imaginings where idea is and concepts are born. ~ Walter Russell
Meditation quotes by Walter Russell
Meditation allows us to reach the level of the soul by easing past the tangle of thoughts and emotions that usually keep our attention bound to the physical world. When we close our eyes to meditate, thoughts spring up spontaneously. ~ Deepak Chopra
Meditation quotes by Deepak Chopra
Transcendental meditation is like a car, a vehicle that allows you to go within. It's a mental technique. ~ David Lynch
Meditation quotes by David Lynch
Meditation is a tool to shake yourself awake. ~ Geneen Roth
Meditation quotes by Geneen Roth
Meditation is the most significant because it opens the door for all other significant things: love, prayer, God, light, music, poetry. ~ Rajneesh
Meditation quotes by Rajneesh
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 quotes by David Brainerd
If you are going to focus on a teacher, you have to be focused on the teacher and not peripheral vibrations that might be around them or it will totally screw up your meditation. ~ Frederick Lenz
Meditation quotes by Frederick Lenz
One important aspect of the Gita which remains is that even though it presents to us some diverse paths as a way of life, such as action, devotion, knowledge and meditation, it does not impose any of these paths on an individual. Rather, it leaves the choice to the people, because the followers of all these paths are essential for the smooth functioning of the world, and any en masse inclination towards only one of them would jeopardize the society by causing an imbalance in its system. The Gita also recognizes that the path that one should follow is determined primarily by the free choice of man as well as his inherent nature, which can be interpreted as a genetic inheritance he is endowed with. ~ Nihar Satpathy
Meditation quotes by Nihar Satpathy
an internal form of acting, a meditation, a meditation that consciously reconnects you to all life everywhere. It is what the Taoists say: The way to do is to be. ~ Drunvalo Melchizedek
Meditation quotes by Drunvalo Melchizedek
Everything you think about is a meditation, and you could say that the very form of your consciousness follows what you put your attention to. So Chi is really just focused attention, and it is attention, or awareness, that brings about results of whatever kind, rather than some nebulous energy or vril force. But energy is a good metaphor. ~ James Curcio
Meditation quotes by James Curcio
The simplicity of meditation means just experiencing the ape instinct of ego. ~ Chogyam Trungpa
Meditation quotes by Chogyam Trungpa
Honor your self. Worship your self. Meditate on your self. God dwells within you as you. ~ Swami Muktananda
Meditation quotes by Swami Muktananda
Meditation for me is not a children's play, it is a deep transformation. How to know this transformation? It is being reflected every moment in your relationships. Do you try to possess someone? Then you are violent. How can one possess someone? Are you trying to dominate someone? Then you are violent. How can one dominate anyone? Love cannot dominate, love cannot possess. ~ Rajneesh
Meditation quotes by Rajneesh
For a true disciple, the repetition of the mantra is like food. ~ Mata Amritanandamayi
Meditation quotes by Mata Amritanandamayi
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