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27 Meditation Quotes

Meditation Quotes

Meditation Quotes

 


 

1. “Your goal is not to battle with the mind, but to witness the mind.”

-Swami Muktananda

 


 

2. “Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.”

-Ajahn Brahm

 


 

3. “I have lived with several Zen masters – all of them cats.”

-Eckhart Tolle

 


 

4. “To understand the immeasurable, the mind must be extraordinarily quiet, still.”

-Jiddu Krishnamurti

 


 

5. “Quiet the mind, and the soul will speak.”

-Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

 


 

6. “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”

-Buddha

 


 

7. “When you own your breath, nobody can steal your peace.”

 


 

8. “Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. So relax.”

-Bryant McGill

 


 

9. “Give the child a taste of meditation by creating a climate and atmosphere of love, acceptance and silence.”

-Swami Dhyan Giten

 


 

10. “Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.”

-James Allen

 


 

11. “Meditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality.”

-Thich Nhat Hanh

 


 

12. “Meditation is the art of doing nothing.”

-Naval Ravikant

 


 

13. “The more regularly and the more deeply you meditate, the sooner you will find yourself acting always from a center of peace.”

-J. Donald Walters

 


 

14. “You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.”

-Deepak Chopra

 


 

15. “To be concentrated means to live fully in the present.”

-Erich Fromm

 


 

16. “Learn to be calm and you will always be happy.”

-Paramahansa Yogananda

 


 

17. “Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and listen. No more is needed.”

-Eckhart Tolle

 


 

18. “Paradise is not a place, it’s a state of consciousness.”

-Sri Chinmoy

 


 

19. “The act of meditation is being spacious.”

-Sogyal Rinpoche

 


 

20. “Live the actual moment. Only this actual moment is life.”

-Thich Nhat Hanh

 


 

21. “Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.”

-Marcus Aurelius

 


 

22. “Praying is talking to the Universe. Meditation is listening to it.”

-Paulo Coelho

 


 

23. “Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.”

-Baba Ram Dass

 


 

24. “When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.”

-Lao Tzu

 


 

25. “The best meditation is effortless. The best meditation is a gentle awareness.”

-Maxime Lagacé

 


 

26. “Whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. What is soft is strong.”

-Lao Tzu

 


 

27. “In the same way that rain breaks into a house with a bad roof, desire breaks into the mind that has not been practicing meditation.”