Top meditation Quotes Collection

Discover a curated collection of meditation quotes. Find inspiration, motivation, and wisdom from the best quotes in this category.

Image of William Martin
We are simply committing ourselves to paying attention to our life. We use meditation to help us in that attention process. We are not trying to become good meditators. We are trying to wake up.
- William Martin
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Image of John of the Cross
In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.
- John of the Cross
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Image of Sharon Salzberg
Meditation isn’t about what’s happening; it’s about how you relate to what’s happening.
- Sharon Salzberg
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Image of Sharon Salzberg
Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you're doing.
- Sharon Salzberg
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Image of James Van Praagh
Meditation is a doorway to the soul.
- James Van Praagh
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Image of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
The human mind cannot create anything. It produces nothing until having been fertilized by experience and meditation; its acquisitions are the germs of its production.
- Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
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Image of Teresa of Avila
Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don't remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don't understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.
- Teresa of Avila
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Image of Rick Springfield
The great thing about meditation is that I don’t ask for anything. Whereas when I pray I always ask for things!
- Rick Springfield
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Image of Tillie Olsen
It is distraction, not meditation, that becomes habitual; interruption, not continuity; spasmodic, not constant toil.
- Tillie Olsen
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Image of Ramakrishna
Make your meditation a continuous state of mind. A great worship is going on all the time, so nothing should be neglected or excluded from your constant meditative awareness.
- Ramakrishna
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Image of Swami Brahmananda
However you try to define meditation, it’s not that.
- Swami Brahmananda
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Image of Bonaventure
Every creature is a divine word because it proclaims God
- Bonaventure
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Image of Andy Puddicombe
Meditation is about learning how to rest in uncertainty.
- Andy Puddicombe
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Image of Hakuin Ekaku
Meditation in the midst of activity is a thousand times superior to meditation in stillness.
- Hakuin Ekaku
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Image of Hakuin Ekaku
Meditation in action is endlessly more important than meditation in stillness.
- Hakuin Ekaku
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Image of Tenzin Palmo
Meditation is a way to take us to a deeper level of awareness.
- Tenzin Palmo
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Image of Rama Swami
If you learn to go beyond the jabbering of your mind, and can go to the deeper aspects of your consciousness, then body, breath, and mind will not come in your way.
- Rama Swami
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Image of John of Ruysbroeck
Contemplation places us in a purity and radiance which is far above our understanding.
- John of Ruysbroeck
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Image of Thrangu Rinpoche
meditation is not supposed to be the fabrication or the reinforcement of some particular state, but simply the cultivation of the awareness of whatever is arising in the mind.
- Thrangu Rinpoche
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Image of Louise Talma
Too many composers become involved in intellectual speculation which seems to matter more to them than the sound that comes out of all this speculation.
- Louise Talma
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Image of Greg Louganis
Peak performance is meditation in motion.
- Greg Louganis
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Image of Bokar Rinpoche
The fruit of meditation is not the absence of thoughts, but the fact that thoughts cease to harm us. Once enemies, they become friends.
- Bokar Rinpoche
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Image of John Hagelin
Nobody would have ever guessed-I wouldn't have guessed-the extraordinary degree to which you can reduce social violence through meditation.
- John Hagelin
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Image of Mata Amritanandamayi
Smiling is one of the highest forms of meditation.
- Mata Amritanandamayi
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Image of Brandon Bays
Meditation takes place when you bring all your awareness to this moment.
- Brandon Bays
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Image of Sri Chinmoy
Next to meditation is music, soulful music, the music that stirs and elevates our aspiring consciousness.
- Sri Chinmoy
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Image of Janet Fish
For me, painting is like meditation.
- Janet Fish
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Image of Yogaswami
Meditation is silence. If you realize that you really know nothing, then you will be truly meditating. Such truthfulness is the right soil for silence. Silence is meditation.
- Yogaswami
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Image of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
Meditation is simply getting to know your mind.
- Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
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Image of Dan Harris
The getting lost and recovering - that is the meditation.
- Dan Harris
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Image of Joel Meyerowitz
[The small camera] taught me energy and decisiveness and immediacy ... The large camera taught me reverence, patience, and meditation.
- Joel Meyerowitz
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Image of Richard Davidson
In meditation you experience time slowing down because you can notice more things per discreet moment and you're more open... The word 'meditation' in Sanskrit comes from the word 'familiarization' - as in familiarization with one's own mind.
- Richard Davidson
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Image of Philippa Perry
Meditation is focused attention and the more we practise focusing our brains the more connections we build up.
- Philippa Perry
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Image of Stephanie Ellis
I guess I also see meditation as part of healthy living. It definitely is important for me to find some mental stillness.
- Stephanie Ellis
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Image of Wes Nisker
As strange as it sounds, meditation may reveal that we are happier than we thought we were. We may discover that ancient conditioning rather than present circumstances is causing our dissatisfaction , and that this moment is quite sufficient or even wonderful, and we simply hadn't noticed.
- Wes Nisker
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Image of Pauline Oliveros
When I composed the first sonic meditation, I realized that I was composing the direction of attention.
- Pauline Oliveros
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Image of Lahiri Mahasaya
Solve all your problems through meditation.
- Lahiri Mahasaya
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Image of Sharon Janis
Sit quietly and open up to spirit.
- Sharon Janis
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Image of Bellamy Young
I wouldn't make it through the day without singing. It is my solace and my meditation and my release. It lets me know how I'm processing things, what I'm processing, if I'm out of touch in some area.
- Bellamy Young
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Image of John Main
Meditation simplifies us, simplifies us to the point where we can receive the fullness of truth and the fullness of love.
- John Main
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Image of Diane Dreher
Regular meditation not only restores our inner harmony and vital energy, but provides us with an actual experience of the peace we seek.
- Diane Dreher
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Image of Eknath Easwaran
As meditation deepens, compulsions, cravings and fits of emotion begin to lose their power to dictate our behavior. We see clearly that choices are possible; we can say yes or we can say no. It is profoundly liberating.
- Eknath Easwaran
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Image of Tim McCarthy
I recommended meditation to every person as a foundation for living healthier, being a more loving person, and leading a less stressful life!
- Tim McCarthy
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Image of Tim McCarthy
No matter what meditation technique you use, just let the mind slow down and begin to explore its internal surroundings.
- Tim McCarthy
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Image of Cara Santana
I've been lucky to always have a healthy relationship with food. I also love to be consistent with meditation and make sure that I am supplying my body, mind, and soul with everything it needs to function.
- Cara Santana
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Image of Deborah King
Meditation is like a giant broom for sweeping away any stagnant or blocked energy that you may have buried deep in your body.
- Deborah King
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Image of Mantak Chia
Trees are the largest and most spiritually advanced plants on Earth. They are constantly in meditation. Subtle energy is their natural language.
- Mantak Chia
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