Top 100 Meditation Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “You are not separate from the whole. You are one with the sun, the earth, the air. You don’t have a life. You are life.”

— Eckhart Tolle

52. “Truth is not something outside to be discovered, it is something inside to be realized.”

— Osho

53. “Do your best and then relax. Let things go on in a natural way, rather than force them.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

54. “Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.”

— Nhat Hanh

55. “Become totally empty. Quiet the restlessness of the mind. Only then will you witness everything unfolding from emptiness.”

— Lao Tzu

56. “Think of what you have rather than of what you lack. Of the things you have, select the best and then reflect how eagerly you would have sought them if you did not have them.”

— Marcus Aurelius

57. “Let go of your mind and then be mindful. Close your ears and listen!”

— Rumi

58. “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”

— Buddha

59. “Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.”

— Buddha

60. “Find ecstasy within yourself. It is not out there. It is in your innermost flowering. The one you are looking for is you.”

— Osho

61. “Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.”

— Ramana Maharshi

62. “Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.”

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

63. “The body benefits from movement, and the mind benefits from stillness.”

— Sakyong Mipham

64. “Just remain in the center; watching. And then forget that you are there.”

— Lao Tzu

65. “Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. Whenever your mind becomes scattered, use your breath as the means to take hold of your mind again.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

66. “In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.”

— Buddha

67. “Prayer is you speaking to God. Meditation is allowing the spirit to speak to you.”

— Deepak Chopra

68. “Create a gap of no-mind in which you are highly alert and aware but not thinking. This is the essence of meditation.”

— Eckhart Tolle

69. “By the practice of meditation, you will find that you are carrying within your heart a portable paradise.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

70. “Meditation is the action of silence.”

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

71. “My workout is my meditation.”

— Kyle MacLachlan

72. “Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation.”

— Isaac Newton

73. “Mind is there, in front of you. Don’t log in.”

— Mooji

74. “The more we witness our emotional reactions and understand how they work, the easier it is to refrain.”

— Pema Chödrön

75. “Come into the silence of solitude, and the vibration there will talk to you through the voice of God.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

76. “The beauty of meditation is that you never know where you are, where you are going, what the end is.”

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

77. “Meditation is a vital way to purify and quiet the mind, thus rejuvenating the body.”

— Deepak Chopra

78. “Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life.”

— Rumi

79. “Meditation is like giving a hug to our ourselves, getting in touch whith that awesome reality in us. While meditating we feel a deep sense of intimacy with God, a love that is inexplicable.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

80. “Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.”

— Marcus Aurelius

81. “If you meditate regularly, even when you don’t feel like it, you will make great gains, for it will allow you to see how your thoughts impose limits on you. Your resistances to meditation are your mental prisons in miniature.”

— Ram Dass

82. “That deep silence has a melody of its own, a sweetness unknown amid the harsh discords of the world’s sounds.”

— Paul Brunton

83. “In mindfulness one is not only restful and happy, but alert and awake. Meditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality.”

— Nhat Hanh

84. “To meditate with mindful breathing is to bring body and mind back to the present moment so that you do not miss your appointment with life.”

— Nhat Hanh

85. “The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.”

— Pema Chödrön

86. “He who is persistent will realize God. So try your best to make meditation a regular experience in your life.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

87. “Through silence, through meditation, and through non-judgment, you will access the first law, the Law of Pure Potentiality.”

— Deepak Chopra

88. “To commune daily with God in deep meditation, and to carry His love and guidance with you into all your dutiful activities, is the way that leads to permanent peace and happiness.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

89. “Next to meditation is music, soulful music, the music that stirs and elevates our aspiring consciousness.”

— Sri Chinmoy

90. “If you can’t meditate in a boiler room, you can’t meditate.”

— Alan Watts

91. “Maintain your physical, emotional, and spiritual harmony with the universe by meditating every day. Inhale the precious breath of life. It is your connection to your Higher power.”

— Louise Hay

92. “Meditation is waiting on God.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

93. “Daydreaming with pencil and paper is a respectable form of meditation.”

— John Howe

94. “Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment.”

— Alan Watts

95. “Every heart has a divine intelligence and natural guidance system. With every prayer, every meditation and every thought of love, we tune in to ours.”

— Marianne Williamson

96. “Only a life of prayer and meditation will render a vessel ready for the Master’s use.”

— George Müller

97. “I hate having to do small talk. I’d rather talk about deep subjects. I’d rather talk about meditation, or the world, or the trees or animals, than small, inane, you know, banter.”

— Ellen DeGeneres

98. “You are a little soul carrying about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.”

— Marcus Aurelius

99. “Movement for me is meditation.”

— Conor McGregor

100. “The practice of Transcendental Meditation creates a natural situation in the mind so that the mind entertains right thoughts, useful thoughts, thoughts that are cherished by nature and whose fulfillment is worked out by all the laws of nature.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi