30 Quotes About Mindfulness to Help You Peace in the Moment

Liputan6.com, Jakarta Do you realize how easy it is for us to get caught up in our daily activities and forget to take a peaceful break? That’s why quotes about mindfulness exist. Many people find inspiration in quotes about mindfulness because they remind us to slow down and appreciate each moment.

Mindfulness helps us focus on what’s happening now instead of worrying about the past or future.

Mindfulness also crucial because it can improve our mental health and reduce stress. Therefore, we’ve compiled a list of quotes about mindfulness to inspire you. Through these quotes, we’ll learn to live in the moment and create a more joyful life.

Let these quotes bring light and calm into your day.

• “You can’t stop the waves but you can learn how to surf” – Jon Kabat-Zinn

• “All your power resides in the now. Mindfulness is the best tool to tap you into that power.” — Anita M. Scott

• “Few of us ever live in the present. We are forever anticipating what is to come or remembering what has gone.” — Louis L’Amour

• “A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it isn’t open.” – Frank Zappa

• "When you're feeling frazzled, put all of your attention on the breath. It's a portal into the present moment, the best remedy for stress." — Ellen Barrett

• “Remember the blue sky. It may at times be obscured by clouds, but it is always there.” — Andy Puddicombe • “Mindfulness isn’t difficult. We just have to remember to do it.” – Sharon Salzberg • "When you're quiet, everything settles on the floor of your mind like sediment in undisturbed still water." — Megan Monahan

• “Meditation means dissolving the invisible walls that unawareness has built.” – Sadhguru

• “Paradise is not a place; it’s a state of consciousness.” – Sri Chinmoy

• "Slow down, you'll get there faster." — Katherine King

• “As soon as we wish to be happier, we are no longer happy.” – Walter Landor

• “Worrying is stupid. It's like walking around with an umbrella waiting for it to rain.” ― Wiz Khalifa

• “In today’s rush, we all think too much–seek too much–want too much–and forget about the joy of just being.” — Eckhart Tolle

• “There is nothing more important to true growth than realizing that you are not the voice of the mind—you are the one who hears it.” — Michael A. Singer

• “Think about the practice of meditation as zoning in, as opposed to spacing out.” — Susie Levan

• "Mindfulness clears the windshield of the mind so that we can see things as they really are." — Travis Eliot

• "Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes ... including you." — Anne Lamott

• “Looking at beauty in the world is the first step of purifying the mind.” – Amit Ray

• “Mindfulness is a simple practice, but not an easy one ... but you are worth doing hard things.” — Nicole Davis

• "When we allow ourselves to embrace the moment, we allow ourselves to live.” — Lisa Bien

• “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” – Lao Tzu

• "Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn't more complicated than that. It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it." — Sylvia Boorstein

• “Practicing a mindful moment in the middle of the day helps to bring you back to center, reset, and move into the rest of your day with greater clarity and focus.” — Christine Agro

• “In our times, it is radical to choose to sit still and be silent, to resist an identity of busyness, ceaseless motion, and noise, and to reclaim our sanity and humanity by coming home to ourselves." — Sumi Loundon Kim

• “When the pure basics—what we once referred to as common etiquette—are no longer recognized, it’s time for society to realize how crucial the small things are.” — Nita Patel

• "Life is an endurance sport, but endurance without compassion is torture. Living mindfully, we bring our whole heart to the event of being alive so that we can be present from beginning to end." — Lauren Eckstrom

• “Every time we ponder a thought, act on an impulse, or dwell on a desire, we are setting in motion a cause that will have a future effect. Mindfulness enables us to choose wisely.” – Tamara Levitt

• “When I’m hungry, I eat what I love. When I’m bored, I do something I love. When I’m lonely, I connect with someone I love. When I feel sad, I remember that I am loved.”— Michelle May