Best mindfulness & listening Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Straight away, remove yourself from the field of spiritual progression , stay away from contemplation and skillful discourse, do not do research or meditate on the divinities, and stop concentrating and reciting textbooks! Tell me, what is the absolute nature of reality which allows no room for doubt? Listen carefully! Stop holding on to this or that, inhabit your true absolute nature, and peacefully enjoy the essence of what it is to be alive!”

“I'm a praying atheist. When I hear an ambulance siren, I ask for a blessing for those people in trouble, knowing that no one's listening. I think it's just a habit of mindfulness.”

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Author:Geraldine Brooks

“There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls.”

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Author:Howard Thurman

“Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life.”

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Book:Six Novels: With Other Stories and Essays

Source: Six Novels: With Other Stories and Essays

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

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Book:Love's Ripening: Rumi on the Heart's Journey

Source: Love's Ripening: Rumi on the Heart's Journey

“You who are journalists, writers, citizens, you have the right and duty to say to those you have elected that they must practice mindfulness, calm and deep listening, and loving speech. This is universal thing, taught by all religions.”

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Book:True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart

Source: True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart

“I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.”

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Author:Diane Sawyer

“There is a wonderful saying that goes: ‘A person needs, on average, two years to learn to speak and then an entire lifetime to learn to be silent.”

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Book:The Pythagorean

Source: The Pythagorean

“Silence is not the absence of sound but an environment that amplifies what we usually ignore. When the external noise fades, the whispers inside grow louder. We might hear anxieties we’ve been avoiding, desires we haven’t acknowledged, or sorrow we thought we had neatly tucked away. Silence holds up a mirror, reflecting our inner world back at us without distortion”

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Author:Ajmal, from the book "Borders of the Inner World"

“Mindful silence adds purpose to words.”

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Book:Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of Dawn

Source: Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of Dawn

“The Practice of Staying Sometime this week, choose one conversation you have been avoiding or managing carefully because it feels charged, tender, or unresolved. Before you enter it, pause. Take three slow breaths. Say quietly to yourself: “I am here to stay in relationship, not to win.” During the conversation, practice one simple discipline: Do not interrupt. Do not correct. Do not prepare your reply while the other person is speaking. Listen long enough to be changed. You do not need to resolve anything. You do not need to persuade anyone. Your only commitment is presence. Afterward, notice what shifted inside you. Not what you achieved, but what you encountered. That is the field where wisdom grows.”

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Author:Cameron Trimble

“The land doesn’t forget who listened. Neither do people.”

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Author:Lawrence Nault

“Sometimes even if we think we want to be heard, we're not always ready for it.”

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Book:Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet

Source: Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet

“Compassion is mindfulness. If you can maintain that awareness, you are protected. Your seeds of irritation and anger will not be watered and you can listen for one hour without being affected by what she says. You don't want to correct her, even if her speech is full of wrong perceptions and accusations—you feel only compassion, "Oh dear, she is the victim of so many wrong perceptions." You don't want to punish or criticize her because you have compassion.”

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Book:Peace Begins Here: Palestinians and Israelis Listening to Each Other

Source: Peace Begins Here: Palestinians and Israelis Listening to Each Other

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