10 (More) Quotes for a Mindful Day

By Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D.
November 9, 2009

Four months ago I wrote a blog post titled 10 Quotes for a Mindful Day. Since then I began an increasingly popular tradition called Mondays Mindful Quote where every Monday I post a quote that I think has some relevance to Mindfulness and Psychotherapy and then explore the quote.

Here is a list of 10 (More) Quotes for a Mindful Day, with some having links back to blog posts where I have explored the quote. There is a lot under these links, so feel free to bookmark this page and come back to it over and again. Enjoy!

“You can hold back from suffering of the world,
you have permission to do so,
and it is in accordance with your nature,
but perhaps this very holding back
is the one suffering you could have avoided.” ~ Franz Kafka
“Don’t turn away. Keep your gaze on the bandaged place. That’s where the light enters you.” ~ Rumi
“Whether you believe you can or you can’t, you’re right.” ~ Henry Ford
“The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis but rather the feeling of not belonging.” ~ Mother Teresa
“Nothing endures but change.” ~ Heraclitus
“To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.” ~ Dogen Zenji
“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
“Every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.” ~ Viktor Frankl
“When the resistance is gone, the demons are gone.” ~ Pema Chodron
“You lose your grip and then you slip, Into the masterpiece.” ~ Leonard Cohen
All of these quotes are reflected in the work done with mindfulness and psychotherapy for emotional healing.

As always, please share your own quotes, stories, thoughts, and questions below. Your interaction here truly does create a living wisdom for us all to benefit from.

Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist and conducts a private practice in West Los Angeles. He is co-author of A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook (New Harbinger, February 2010) Check out Dr. Goldstein's acclaimed CD's on Mindful Solutions for Stress, Anxiety and Depression, Addiction and Relapse Prevention, and Success and Stress Reduction at Work -- "They are so relevant, I have marked them as one of my favorites on a handout I give to all new clients" ~ Psychiatrist. He also current has a FREE Mindful Companion EBook: Top Mindfulness Quotes and How They Can Support Your Mental Health. If you're wanting an interactive program to find relief from anxiety and stress, check out Dr. Goldstein's progressive online behavioral change program in Aliveworld. If you're wanting to integrate more mindfulness into your daily life, sign up for his Mindful Living Twitter Feed. Dr. Goldstein is also available for private psychotherapy.

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“10 (More) Quotes for a Mindful Day”

Rebecca @ Time For Clarity at 10:48 am on November 11th, 2009

A selection of quotes from my dragonfly quote-meister:
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I have not ceased being fearful but I have ceased to let fear control me. I have accepted fear as a part of life, specifically the fear of change, the fear of the unknown, and I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says, “Turn back, turn back; you’ll die if you venture too far.”

~Erica Jong
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Half an hour of meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.

~Saint Francis de Sales
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Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom.

~Victor Frankl
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Change is inevitable, positive growth is optional.

~unknown
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The future is not a result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is created–created first in the mind and will, created next in activity. The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating.

~John Schaar
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