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“Writing is a completely private act. It's in a way like play but very serious play, and sometimes I can escape into the fictional world that I'm creating so fully as to see hours go by without my noticing it. I think that kind of suspension of time and that mindfulness is a real gift.”

Thinking World Way Writing Kind I Can Real Sometimes Play Hours Serious Mindfulness Creating Noticing Suspension Fictional Worlds

Author:Antonya Nelson

“To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour.”

“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.”

Life Looks Moments Eye Hours Compassion Morning Four Mindfulness Wake Up Twenties Peaceful Buddhist Brands Waking Vow Brand New I Smile Zen Master Peace Is Every Step

Author:Nhat Hanh

“We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends and living our lives.”

Inspirational Use Would Be Hours Worry Wise Our Lives Mindfulness Inevitable Our Family Present Moment Cherish Live In The Moment Being Wise Insperational Mindful Living

Author:Maya Angelou

“You have to remember one life, one death–this one! To enter fully the day, the hour, the moment whether it appears as life or death, whether we catch it on the inbreath or outbreath, requires only a moment, this moment. And along with it all the mindfulness we can muster, and each stage of our ongoing birth, and the confident joy of our inherent luminosity. (24)”

Moments Remember Joy Hours Stage Birth Mindfulness Inherent Rebirth Ongoing Muster Life Or Death

Author:Stephen Levine

“Be mindful 24 hours a day, not just during the one hour you may allot for formal meditation or reading scripture and reciting prayers. Each act must be carried out in mindfulness.”

May Reading Hours Prayer Meditation Mindfulness Scripture Formal One Hour Reciting

Book:The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation

Source: The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation

“The development of our minds and our destination in future lives is in our hands. No one else can help us. It is very important that we each take responsibility for ourselves. Sustain mindfulness 24 hours a day. Thank you. That is all.”

Mind Important Helping Hands Life Is Hours Responsibility Development Mindfulness Determination Destination Taking Responsibility Future Life

Author:Dalai Lama

“If the heart wanders or is distracted, bring it back to the point quite gently... And even if you did nothing during the whole of your hour but bring your heart back, though it went away every time you brought it back, your hour would be very well employed.”

Ifs Wells Heart Whole Would Be Hours Mindfulness Wander Employed Distracted

Author:Saint Francis de Sales

“The difficult thing about practice isn't learning to sit for an hour, or sit for a weekend, or go on a three-month retreat, as hard as those things are. The difficult thing is to pay attention to what is happening right here and now.”

Hard Three Difficult Hours Pay Attention Practice Months Goes On Mindfulness Happenings Pay Attention Weekend Retreat Here And Now Difficult Things Three Months

Book:Breath by Breath: The Liberating Practice of Insight Meditation

Source: Breath by Breath: The Liberating Practice of Insight Meditation