Printable Meditation Quotes

"With meditation I found a ledge above the waterfall of my thoughts."
- Mary Pipher

"Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose."
- Eknath Easwaran

"Meditate daily, and soon your inner strength and mind power will grow."
- Remez Sasson

"Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It's a way of entering into the quiet that's already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day."
- Deepak Chopra

"Meditation applies the brakes to the mind."
- Ramana Maharshi

"If a person's basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to overwhelm a painful physical experience."
- The Dalai Lama

"Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity."
- Remez Sasson

"Mind is a door that leads you outside in the world; meditation is the door that leads you to your interiority - to the very innermost shrine of your being."
- Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

"To meet everything and everyone through stillness instead of mental noise is the greatest gift you can offer the universe."
- Eckhart Tolle

"Life is available only in the present moment."
- Thich Nhat Hanh

"Your goal is not to battle with the mind, but to witness the mind."
- Swami Muktananda

"Mindfulness meditation doesn't change life. Life remains as fragile and unpredictable as ever. Meditation changes the heart's capacity to accept life as it is."
- Sylvia Boorstein

"Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment."
- Alan Watts

"Before embarking on important undertakings, sit quietly, calm your senses and thoughts, and meditate deeply. You will then be guided by the great creative power of Spirit."
- Paramahansa Yogananda

"Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul."
- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

"It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell."
- Buddha

"Meditation is the art of staying in this present moment. A sleepy person either lives in the past moment or is dreaming about the future life. But a meditator stays in this present moment and is alert about his thoughts and actions."
- Unknown

"Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man."
- Benjamin Franklin

"In meditation you are not unconscious, you are conscious - more conscious than ever."
- Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

"Meditation is a rich and powerful method of study for anyone who knows how to examine his mind."
- Michel de Montaigne

"Untrained warriors are soon killed on the battlefield; so also persons untrained in the art of preserving their inner peace are quickly riddled by the bullets of worry and restlessness in active life."
- Paramahansa Yogananda

"Serenity is the flavor of meditation."
- Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

"Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively."
- Sharon Salzberg

"Be still and know."
- Aristotle

"Meditation increases your vitality and strengthens your intelligence... your mental clarity and health improve. You acquire the patience and fortitude to face any problem in life. So, meditate! Only through meditation will you find the treasure you are seeking."
- Mata Amritanandamayi

"Meditation is all about the pursuit of nothingness. It's like the ultimate rest. It's better than the best sleep you've ever had. It's a quieting of the mind. It sharpens everything, especially your appreciation of your surroundings. It keeps life fresh."
- Hugh Jackman