Top 200 Mindfulness Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Be the silent watcher of your thoughts and behavior. You are beneath the thinker. You are the stillness beneath the mental noise. You are the love and joy beneath the pain.”

— Eckhart Tolle

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2. “Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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3. “Welcome to the present moment. Here. Now. The only moment there ever is.”

— Eckhart Tolle

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4. “Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.”

— Ramana Maharshi

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5. “Confine yourself to the present.”

— Marcus Aurelius

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6. “Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.”

— Sharon Salzberg

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7. “Mindfulness is the miracle by which we master and restore ourselves.”

— Nhat Hanh

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8. “Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and just listen. No more is needed. Being still, looking, and listening activates the non-conceptual intelligence within you. Let stillness direct your words and actions.”

— Eckhart Tolle

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

— Thich Nhat Hanh

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10. “When you go deeply into the present, gratitude arises spontaneously, even if it’s just gratitude for breathing, gratitude for the aliveness that you feel in your body. Gratitude is there when you acknowledge the aliveness of the present moment.”

— Eckhart Tolle

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11. “Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

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12. “Mindfulness is a pause – the space between stimulus and response: that’s where choice lies.”

— Tara Brach

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13. “The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

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14. “Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.”

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

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15. “As soon as you honor the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle dissolve, and life begins to flow with joy and ease. When you act out the present-moment awareness, whatever you do becomes imbued with a sense of quality, care, and love – even the most simple action.”

— Eckhart Tolle

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16. “Breathing in, there is only the present moment. Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

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17. “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

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18. “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

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19. “Life is available only in the present moment.”

— Nhat Hanh

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20. “Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves – slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

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21. “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

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22. “Peace is present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything we do and see. Every breath we take, every step we take, can be filled with peace, joy, and serenity. The question is whether or not we are in touch with it. We need only to be awake, alive in the present moment.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

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23. “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

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24. “Nothing is more precious than being in the present moment. Fully alive, fully aware.”

— Nhat Hanh

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25. “The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

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26. “The foundation of all mental illness is the unwillingness to experience legitimate suffering.”

— C.G. Jung

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27. “Mindfulness is about being fully awake in our lives. It is about perceiving the exquisite vividness of each moment. We also gain immediate access to our own powerful inner resources for insight, transformation, and healing.”

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

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28. “If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

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29. “Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.”

— Nhat Hanh

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30. “Only the present moment contains life.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

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31. “Mindfulness practice means that we commit fully in each moment to be present; inviting ourselves to interface with this moment in full awareness, with the intention to embody as best we can an orientation of calmness, mindfulness, and equanimity right here and right now.”

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

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32. “Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.”

— Nhat Hanh

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33. “In Buddhism, mindfulness is the key. Mindfulness is the energy that sheds light on all things and all activities, producing the power of concentration, bringing forth deep insight and awakening. Mindfulness is the base of Buddhist practice.”

— Nhat Hanh

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34. “Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.”

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

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35. “Meditate. Breathe consciously. Listen. Pay attention. Treasure every moment. Make the connection.”

— Oprah Winfrey

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36. “If you know something hurtful and not true, don’t say it. If you know something hurtful and true, don’t say it. If you know something helpful but not true, don’t say it. If you know something helpful and true, find the right time to say it.”

— Buddha

37. “Mindfulness gives you time. Time gives you choices. Choices, skillfully made, lead to freedom. You don’t have to be swept away by your feeling. You can respond with wisdom and kindness rather than habit and reactivity.”

— Henepola Gunaratana

38. “The present moment is the substance with which the future is made. Therefore, the best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present moment. What else can you do?”

— Nhat Hanh

39. “Mindfulness is a way of paying attention, on purpose and non-judgmentally, to what goes on in the present moment in your body, mind and the world around you.”

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

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40. “There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

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41. “Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.”

— Jane Austen

42. “Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

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43. “The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

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44. “The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.”

— Eckhart Tolle

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45. “Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it.”

— Eckhart Tolle

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46. “Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.”

— Eckhart Tolle

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47. “Don’t hurry anything. Don’t worry about the future. Don’t worry about what progress you’re making. Just be entirely content to be aware of what is.”

— Alan Watts

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48. “Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

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49. “Don’t let a mad world tell you that success is anything other than a successful present moment.”

— Eckhart Tolle

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50. “Doing is never enough if you neglect being.”

— Eckhart Tolle

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