Meditation Quotes

Quotes from Great Masters

“Arouse joy and rest in its natural radiance!” - Togden Amtrin

“You cannot separate meditation from life.” - Dipa Ma

“Stop should-ing on yourself.” - Dr. Albert Ellis

“Be happy in the moment, that’s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.” - Mother Teresa

"Every path, every street in the world is your walking meditation path." - Thich Nhat Hanh

“Whatever lifts the corners of your mouth, trust that.” - Rumi

“You have power over your mind—not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” - Marcus Aurelius

“Freedom and simplicity are close companions; simplicity teaches us the ways to release the layers of complexity and confusion that blind us.” - Christina Feldman

"Happiness is a state of inner fulfillment, not the gratification of inexhaustible desires for outward things." - Dr. Matthieu Ricard

"The true practice of meditation is to sit as if you were drinking water when you are thirsty." - Shunryu Suzuki

"If by giving up a lesser happiness, one could experience a greater, the wise person gives up the lesser for the greater." - The Dhammapada

“If it weren’t for my mind, my meditation would be excellent.” - Pema Chödrön

"How many people train their bodies, and how few train their minds!" - Seneca

"Happiness can be achieved through training the mind." - The Dalai Lama

“The belief system we create is like a little box we put ourselves inside of; we cannot escape because we believe we cannot escape.” – Don Miguel Ruiz

"The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.” - Sharon Salzberg

“Your resistances to meditation are your mental prisons in miniature.” - Dr. Richard Alpert (Ram Dass)

"A quiet mind does not mean that there will be no thoughts or mental movements at all, but that these will be on the surface..." - Sri Aurobindo

Quotes from the FitMind App

“Care more for others; care less what they think of you.” - FitMind

“A billboard for a mentally fit lifestyle might read ‘Live Lighter.’” - FitMind

“To become truly present, simply relax the ‘magnetic pull’ of craving.” - FitMind

“Bad intentions are incompatible with mental stability.” - FitMind

Intentions lead to states of mind; states lead to general attitudes; and those attitudes become character traits over time. - FitMind