Meditation Quotes

The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings.

Over all the mountain tops is peace. In all treetops you perceive scarcely a breath. The little birds in the forest are silent. Wait then; soon, you too, will have peace.

Wrong thoughts are inside us just because we identify ourselves with these thoughts. If we identify with something else, immediately they have to leave us.

This is the central principle of meditation: we become what we meditate on.

The you that goes in one side of the meditation experience is not the same you that comes out the other side.

By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.

I think Dogen can be a very good introduction for people who want to meditate in whatever way, whether it's yoga, qigong, or Tibetan. It can help widen and deepen anyone's meditation experience.

Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.

Giving to others is the greatest gift you can give yourself.

The purpose of meditation is personal transformation.

There are different things one can do to establish and hasten the peace process. Meditation is one way.

Alas! I have nor hope nor health, Nor peace within nor calm around, Nor that content surpassing wealth The sage in meditation found.

Calmly contemplating these dimensions and bringing them into the service of compassion and kindness is the right way to make rapid gains in meditation as well as in life.

[T]he period between four and six in the morning is called the Brahmamuhurta, the Brahmic time, or divine period, and is a very sacred time to meditate. (140)

I get energy from meditation practice and from eating healthy fresh food, only one cup of espresso in the morning, and not drinking too much.

Meditation is like giving a hug to our ourselves, getting in touch whith that awesome reality in us. While meditating we feel a deep sense of intimacy with God, a love that is inexplicable.

I meditate and I also think about meditation. Which is funny. I think about Maharishi, about just the idea of meditating. It gives me something.

Being attached to someone is not about the other person. It is about your own sense of inadequacy.

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.

Pleasure is just a shadow of joy. When there is no joy in you, you become a pleasure seeker.

Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation; knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.

To eliminate the inner turmoil we must focus our attention inward and act with loving kindness to ourselves—and each other.

All relaxation does is allow the truth to be felt. The mind is cleared, like a dirty window wiped clean, and the magnitude of what we might ordinarily take for granted inspires tears.

Courage is the hallmark of spirituality. Courage comes when you love yourself for who you are.

If you won't improve yourself, who will?

It is distraction, not meditation, that becomes habitual; interruption, not continuity; spasmodic, not constant toil.

Just as food and sleep are necessary for the body, spiritual understanding is needed for a healthy mind.

Meditation changes your character.

We meditate to find, to recover, to come back to something of ourselves we once dimly and unknowingly had and have lost without knowing what it was or where or when we lost it.

Life is a mystery - mystery of beauty, bliss and divinity. Meditation is the art of unfolding that mystery.

The nature of illusion is that, when you see through it, it disappears.

Playing 'Tetris' for 15 minutes is like meditation.

In vocal prayer we go to God on foot. In meditation we go to God on horseback. In contemplation we go to God in a jet.

Don’t be attached to visions or lights in meditation, don’t rise or fall with them. What’s so great about brightness? My flashlight has it. It can’t help us rid ourselves of our suffering.

Worry is focused thinking on something negative. Meditation is doing the same thing only focusing on God's word instead of your problem.

Meditation doesn't have to be complicated. What I do is about as simple as you can get. You could just count the beads, one, two, three, with your eyes closed or open, whatever makes you happy.

Whatever state I am in, I see it as a state of mind to be accepted as it is.

The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty is a farcical fictional meditation on female beauty structured as a mash-up of an old episode of Friends, a fairy tale and a murder mystery.

Experience yourself in silence.

Total relaxation is the secret to enjoying sitting meditation. I sit with my spine upright, but not rigid; and I relax all the muscles in my body.

We live life in the marketplace and then we go off to the cave or to the meditation mat to replenish ourselves.

Acquire inner peace and a multitude will find their salvation near you.

Meditation is acceptance. It is the acceptance of life within us, without us and all around us. Acceptance of life is the beginning of human satisfaction.

Meditation is not a means of forgetting the ego; it is a method of using the ego to observe and tame its own manifestations.

Om is the pointed piece and Dhyâna (meditation) is the friction.

Meditation is realizing and expanding your inner beauty in every direction.

From the passions arise worry, and from worry arises fear. Away with the passions, and no fear, no worry.

See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.

You are down in the valley and the valley is filled with smog. You can't see too well. When we meditate, we are going beyond the smog to the top of the mountain.

My words are like a ship, and the sea is their meaning. Come to me and I will take you to the depths of spirit.