Mindful Quotes (to Calm Us)

I love it when people share mindful words. Quotes that generate calm. I love the repetitive guidance. I want calmness to sink in. This desire comes from what my beloved grandmothers and I experienced. I want inner peace to sit within me. And the quotes below help me feel that. I’m placing these words below so I can read them whenever I need to feel calm. I hope this also helps others. So none of us feel alone as we experience this thing called life.

“Learn to sit back and observe, not everything needs a reaction.”

—Unknown

“Always ask yourself, What will happen if I say nothing?”

—Kamand Kojouri

“If someone … shoots an arrow into your heart, it’s fruitless to stand there and yell at the person. It would be much better to turn your attention to the fact that there’s an arrow in your heart...”

—Pema Chödrön

“When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help.”

—Thich Nhat Hanh

“When you move your focus from competition to contribution life becomes a celebration. Never try to defeat people, just win their hearts.”

—Buddha

“The greatest weapon … is our ability to choose one thought over another.”

—William James

“Let go of the battle. Breathe quietly and let it be. Let your body relax and your heart soften.”

—Jack Kornfield

“Your strength is your calmness … putting the negative aside without reacting.”

—Yogi Amrit Desai

“Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. So relax.”

—Bryant McGill

“Breathe and let be.”

—Jon Kabat Zinn

“Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answers.”

—William S. Burroughs

“Be patient. Life will offer you another chance as soon as you find calm within, for abundance is born out of calmness.”

—Leon Brown

“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes. Including you.”

—Anne Lamott

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”

—Lao Tzu

“Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.”

—Buddha

“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”

—Carl Jung

“When you focus on the good, the good gets better.”

—Abraham Hicks

“The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.”

—Tara Brach

“Quiet the mind, and the soul will speak.”

—Buddha

“Listen to silence. It has so much to say.”

—Rumi

“If you get tired, learn to rest not to quit.”

—Banksy

“The ultimate source of my mental happiness is my peace of mind. Nothing can destroy this except my own anger.”

—Dalai Lama

“When you talk, you are repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new.”

—Dalai Lama

“The mind that opens to a new idea never returns to its original size.”

—Albert Einstein

“Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.”

—Thich Nhat Hanh

“Non-doing has nothing to do with being indolent or passive. Quite the contrary. It takes great courage and energy to cultivate non-doing both in stillness and in activity.”

—Jon Kabat Zinn

“Understand this and be free: We are not in our bodies; our bodies are inside us.”

—Sean A. Mulvihill

“Looking at beauty in the world is the first step of purifying the mind.”

—Amit Ray

“Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.”

—Hermann Hesse

“How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then to rest afterward.”

—Spanish Proverb

“Our greatest experiences are our quietest moments.”

—Friedrich Nietzsche

“In calmness lies true pleasure.”

—Victor Hugo