Mindful Thinking Quotes

I've gotten to a place where I'm better at curbing your ego, which usually happens when you're feeling super small and scared about whatever you're seeing, and you want to go read, 'Oh, I hear there's a really good article about me.' I've gotten better about knowing that's not going to end well, usually.

Peace rules the day, where reason rules the mind.

the most powerful mind is the quiet mind. It is the mind that is present, reflective, mindful of its thoughts and its state. It doesn't often multitask, and when it does, it does so with a purpose.

If you can think–and not make thoughts your aim.

It is safe to make a choice of your thoughts, scarcely ever safe to express them all.

Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness.

Let your thoughts be abundant, but let your mouth be under restraint.

I know what I'm thinking bout, I think. Nothing. And as much of it as I can.

Be careful what you wish for,her mind thundered.

My parents are hippies, so I must have a bit of hippie in me.

If we don't consciously plant the seeds of what we want in the gardens of our minds we'll end up with weeds.

I don't vocalise things that don't deserve attention.

I observe my thoughts and entertain only those that empower me.

When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts. You have to penetrate these and hear what your mind is telling you to do. Such work is original work.

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.

Learn to use your emotions to think, not think with your emotions

It’s interesting that most gadgets are called ‘iPhone’ and ‘iPod,’ with that ‘i’ prefix, which is ego. But most creativity is not ego-led – a lot of it comes from the unconscious. So if you’re always checking your email or updating your Instagram profile, you’re not just looking out the window, daydreaming. You’ve got to let the subconscious in – that’s my main message to the world.

Research now seems to indicate that one hour of inner action is worth seven hours of out-in-the-worl d action. Think about that. You're working too hard.

Our mind is the foundation of all our actions, whether they are actions of body, speech, or mind, i.e., thinking. Whatever we think, say, or do arises from our mind. What our consciousness consumes becomes the substance of our life, so we have to be very careful which nutriments we ingest.

I was raised with hippie parents, so I get down with the positive. I don't pay attention to the negative.

Choose your thoughts carefully [...] you are the masterpiece of your own life.

Be mindful even if your mind is full

Like your body your mind also gets tired so refresh it by wise sayings.

Once I realized that right thinking is vital to victorious living, I got more serious about thinking about what I was thinking about, and choosing my thoughts carefully.

The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older.