Quotes of: Meditation Keyword

It is when your practice is rather greedy that you become discouraged with it.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

People meditate themselves because they are just trying to feel better, and transcendental meditation is a natural mental technique that you can perform and that provides that relaxation and also a little bit of broader perspective.

Mike Love

Meditation on inevitable death should be performed daily. Every day one should meditate on being carried away by surging waves, falling from thousand-foot cliffs, dying of disease.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Theoretically, I wanted to meditate, but I found actually doing it extraordinarily difficult. As a therapist, I knew that we all want progress, but we resist change. I was a vivid example of this maxim. Figuring out my taxes and going to the dentist ...

Seeking Peace: Chronicles of the Worst Buddhist in the World

Thomas Merton writes that if we have meditated on the events of the Passion but have not meditated on Dachau and Auschwitz, our perception of God at work in present times is incomplete.

Celebration of Discipline

Keep your prayer simple. Whatever confuses or complicates prayer is probably best forgotten.

Challenge: A Daily Meditation Program Based on the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius

Nothing is more necessary to the culture of the higher sciences, or of the more elevated departments of science, than meditation; and nothing is less suited to meditation than the structure of democratic society.

Democracy in America

The call of Christ is a call to live a life of sacrifice and loss and suffering--a life that would be foolish to live if there were no resurrection from the dead.

Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist

The wisdom of God devised a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God while not compromising the righteousness of God.

Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist

God has made us to be conduits of his grace. The danger is in thinking the conduit should be lined with gold. It shouldn't. Copper will do.

Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist

I know of no other way to triumph over sin long-term than to gain a distaste for it because of a superior satisfaction in God.

Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist

The Buddha’s dharma didn’t teach peace and relaxation; it taught awakening—often rude awakening.

Evolving Dharma: Meditation, Buddhism, and the Next Generation of Enlightenment

What a miracle, that all we have to do to be beautifully loving creatures is just relax and allow.

Evolving Dharma: Meditation, Buddhism, and the Next Generation of Enlightenment

Today I will do one small task that will contribute toward the achievement of a life goal.

Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

We must take responsibility for ourselves, for who we become, for how we live each day.

Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

Beware the religion that turns you against another one. It's unlikely that it's really religion at all.

God Speaks in Many Tongues: Meditate with Joan Chittister

I will always buy extra yarn. I will not try to tempt fate.

At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much

Mindfulness, also called wise attention, helps us see what we’re adding to our experiences, not only during meditation sessions but also elsewhere.

Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation

Mindfulness helps us to set boundaries by revealing what makes us unhappy & what brings us peace.

Real Happiness at Work: Meditations for Accomplishment, Achievement, and Peace

We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.

Real Happiness at Work: Meditations for Accomplishment, Achievement, and Peace

When we don’t allow setbacks to defeat us, they become opportunities for learning, acceptance, flexibility, and patience.

Real Happiness at Work: Meditations for Accomplishment, Achievement, and Peace