100 Meditation Quotes to Live By

• “Never react to anything and Never reject anyone.” Dadi Janki
• “What we think about, we bring about! So, be sure to choose where you invest your thoughts.” Dadi Janki
• “Negative thoughts create storms in the mind. Harness your mind and finish any negativity immediately.” Dadi Janki
• “Do not make small things big, but make big things small.” Dadi Janki
• “Look up and smile. But only if you feel like it.” Headspace
• “The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.” Norman Vincent Peale
• “Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.” Dalai Lama
• “Learn to let go. That is the key to happiness.” Buddha
• “Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
• “No medicine cures what happiness cannot.” Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• “If you are depressed you are living in the past if you are anxious you are living in the future, if you are at peace, you are living in the present.” Lao Tzu
• “There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.” George Sand
• “When things change inside you, things change around you.” Unknown
• “So much time and effort is spent on wanting to change, trying to change, to be somebody different, better, or new. Why not use this time to get comfortable with yourself as you are instead?” -Andy Puddicombe

• “If we are weak, then we become selfish. If we are empty, we take, but if we are filled, we automatically give to all. That is our nature.” Brahmakumaris
• “To know one’s own mind is nothing short of life-changing. 
• “We can’t always change what’s happening around us, but we can change what happens within us.” Andy Puddicombe
• “Meditation nourishes the mind in the same way that food nourishes the body.” Headspace
• God is our Power Supply – always there, always available.” Dadi Janki
• “Instead of worrying about how others perceive you, pay attention to how you perceive others.” Dadi Janki
• “In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.” -Anonymous
• “To know yourself is to be confident. To be confident is to fearlessly express your potential.” Andy Puddicombe
• “A day thinking about what could happen, should happen, or what might have been is a day missed.” Headspace
• “Yesterday I was clever so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise so I am changing myself.” Rumi
• “The quieter you become the more you are able to hear.” Rumi
• “The world needs peace, love, and unity more than ever. God’s angels has a task to do. Comfort every soul in the blanket of peace, love & light.” Brahmakumaris
• “The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore. Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death. Rumi
• “Excuses are fabricated illusions we create to rationalize our behaviors when we’re too afraid to go after what we really want.” Rumi
• “The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” Rumi
• “Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.” Rumi

• “Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life.” Rumi
• “You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?” Rumi
• Just when you feel you have no time to relax, know this is the moment you most need to relax.” Matt Haig
• “When you want to succeed, as much as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful.” Eric Thomas
• “The mind that opens to a new idea never returns to its original size.” Albert Einstein
• “We are nothing but peaceful souls.” Dadi Gulzar
• “Happiness, not in another place but this place… not for another hour, but this hour.” Walt Whitman
• “Mindfulness is deliberately paying full attention to what is happening around you– in your body, heart, and mind. Mindfulness is awareness without criticism or judgment.” Jan Chozen Bays
• “Believe you can, and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
• “The mind is like water. When it’s turbulent, it’s difficult to see. When it’s calm, everything becomes clear.” Prasad Mahes
• “When there’s a change in you, others are inspired to bring a change in themselves.” Brahmakumaris
• “When you are a patient, have a lot of patience.” Dadi Janki
• “Be happy and distribute happiness. There is no nourishment like happiness.” Dadi Janki
• “Whatever you do, others will see what you are doing and will do the same. Think that you are a sample, an example for the world.” Dadi Janki
• Understand your own value. If you don’t, others won’t either!” Dadi Janki
• “Creativity is as boundless, spacious and limitless as the sky. We are born with it. It cannot be lost and it cannot be destroyed. It can only be forgotten.” -Andy Puddicombe
• “Distractions are everywhere. Notice what takes your attention, acknowledge it, and then let it go.” 

• “Remember the blue sky. It may at times be obscured by clouds, but it is always there.”
• “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” Mark Twain
• “Deep Breaths are like little love note to your body.”
• “In the silence of meditation, the soul finds peace.”
• “Meditation: where the mind meets serenity.”
• “Discover the profound wisdom within through meditation.”
• “Stillness speaks volumes in meditation.”
• “Journey within: the path of meditation.”
• “Inhale peace, exhale stress: the power of meditation.”
• “Unlock the door to inner peace through meditation.”
• “Meditation: a sanctuary for the restless mind.”
• “Find your center through the practice of meditation.”
• “Meditation: a bridge to connect with your true self.”
• “Quiet the mind, and the soul will speak.” – Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati
• “Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.” – Sharon Salzberg
• “Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance.” – Gautama Buddha
• “The thing about meditation is: You become more and more you.” – David Lynch
• “In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.” – Deepak Chopra
• “Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit.” – Jeremy Taylor
• “The quieter you become, the more you can hear.” – Ram Dass
• “Don’t just do something, sit there!” – Jack Kornfield
• “Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti
• “Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. So relax.” – Bryant McGill
• “The goal of meditation is not to get rid of thoughts, but to become aware of them without judgment.” – Unknown
• “When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering, like the flame of a lamp in a windless place.” – Bhagavad Gita
• “Meditation is a way for nourishing and blossoming the divinity within you.” – Amit Ray
• “In meditation, the mind is clear, relaxed, and inwardly focused.” – Unknown
• “You should sit in meditation for twenty minutes every day, unless you’re too busy. Then you should sit for an hour.” – Zen proverb
• “The gift of learning to meditate is the greatest gift you can give yourself in this lifetime.” – Sogyal Rinpoche
• “Meditation is the soul’s perspective glass.” – Owen Feltham
• “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
• “Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It’s a way of entering into the quiet that’s already there.” – Deepak Chopra
• “When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.” – Buddha
• “Meditation is the secret of all growth in spiritual life and knowledge.” – James Allen
• “Meditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
• “You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather.” – Pema Chödrön
• “Meditation is a way of being, not a technique.” – Eckhart Tolle
• “The soul loves to meditate, for in contact with the Spirit lies its greatest joy.” – Paramahansa Yogananda
• “Meditation is not a thinking process. It is a letting go process.” – Unknown
• “Meditation is the art of doing nothing, letting go, and being still.” – Unknown
• “Meditation is the gentle dance between awareness and surrender.” – Unknown
• “Meditation is the key to the door of your inner being.” – Roshan Sharma
• “You should sit in meditation for twenty minutes every day, unless you’re too busy. Then you should sit for an hour.” 

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