Meditation Quotes

Meditation means to know life beyond the sphere of the physical; to know and experience life not just at the surface but at the source.

Life is this simple: we are living in a world that is absolutely transparent and the divine is shining through it all the time. This is not just a nice story or a fable, it is true.

The masters say if you create an auspicious condition in your body and your environment then meditation and realization will automatically arise.

Just one smile Immensely increases the beauty Of the universe.

Looking deeply into the wrong perceptions, ideas, and notions that are at the base of our suffering is the most important practice in Buddhist meditation.

To meditate is to observe yourself, for you are totally responsible for your body, mind, thought.

The purpose of meditation is to awaken in us the sky-like nature of mind, and to introduce us to that which we really are, our unchanging pure awareness, which underlies the whole of life and death

No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation.

When meditating, do not expect something to happen. Otherwise, you are meditating on your expectation, and you are not doing the Meditation itself.

Spiritual meditation is the pathway to Divinity. It is a mystic ladder which reaches from earth to heaven, from error to Truth, from pain to peace.

Contemplation places us in a purity and radiance which is far above our understanding.

Realisation is nothing new to be acquired. It is already there, but obstructed by a screen of thoughts. All our attempts are directed to lifting this screen and then realisation is revealed.

Daydreaming with pencil and paper is a respectable form of meditation.

That is the conviction we must come to in our meditation, that the darkness cannot quench the light.

I think [Transcendental Meditation] is what people need. They don't need high minded talk, they need results.

Be patient and keep faith. It will all fall into place.

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.

That which we do not bring to consciousness appears in our lives as fate.

In deep meditation the flow of concentration is continuous like the flow of oil.

Love is seeing God in the person next to us, and meditation is seeing God within us.

God is standing at the door of every heart. Call Him. He is waiting to come in.

"I do not want to get material life, do not want the sense-life, but something higher." That is renunciation. Then, by the power of meditation, undo the mischief that has been done.

Meditation is a time to focus, train the mind, and bring it to stillness. It is not a time to rest and relax.

A free man thinks of nothing less than of death; and his wisdom is a meditation not on death but on life.

Meditation is about learning how to rest in uncertainty.

Meditation is a way to be narcissistic without hurting anyone

Meditation is a microcosm, a model, a mirror. The skills we practice when we sit are transferable to the rest of our lives.

Meditation is a tool to shake yourself awake. A way to discover what you love. A practice to return yourself to your body when the mind medleys threaten to usurp your sanity.

When you're centered, your emotions are not hijacking you.

I think meditation has been the single biggest reason for whatever success Ive had

If you want to find out the purpose of life, you need to look beyond the limitations of body and mind.

I can't say it strongly enough; to integrate meditation in action is the whole ground and point and purpose of meditation

You want a love which is born out of meditation, not born out of the mind.

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.

In awareness there is no becoming, there is no end to be gained. There is silent observation without choice and condemnation, from which there comes understanding.

Meditation makes the man Divine and brings the Divine to the world of man.

No meditation, no life. Know meditation, know life.

Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.

Meditation takes place when you bring all your awareness to this moment.

In mindfulness one is not only restful and happy, but alert and awake. Meditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality.

When you meditate the glory of the Divine shines forth. You realize then that all along there was something tremendous within you and you did not know it.

Movement is meditation. Move to win.

I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.

Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit.

Let the mind come as it wants; just you don't go with it. The greatest salesman in the world cannot sell you if you don't buy.

You have to steal back yourself. You have to steal back your own mind. Meditation helps in that area.

The expectations you bring to meditation practice are often the greatest obstacles you will encounter.

I believe that painting should come through the avenues of meditation rather than the canals of action.

If we want to save the world, we must have a plan. But no plan will work unless we meditate.

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.