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“The goal of meditation is not to control your thoughts, it is to stop

letting them control you”. -The Age of Enlightenment

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“The thing about meditation is, you become more and more you”.

-David Lynch

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“Meditation is the only freedom from stress, tension & anxiety”.

-Sadhguru

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“Slow down, calm down, don´t worry, don´t hurry, trust the

process”.

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“Once you are meditative, music will naturally be a part of your life. Everything is vibration -

everything is sound”. -Sadhguru

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“The more regularly & the more deeply you meditate, the sooner you will find yourself acting from

a center of inner peace”. -J.Donald Walters

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“Where there is peace & meditation, there is neither

anxiety nor doubt”. -St. Francis de Sales

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“Meditation is the antidote to all the poison of your life. It is the nourishment of your authentic

nature”.

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“You have the answer. Just get quiet enough to hear it”.

-Pat Obuchowski

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“Learn to enjoy the way as much as you would enjoy when you

reach the destination”. -Sakshi Chetana

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“I meditate so that my mind cannot complicate my life”.

-Sri Chinmoy

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“Meditation means dissolving the invisible walls that unawareness

has built”. -Sadhguru

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“To a mind that is still the whole universe surrenders”.

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“Meditate. Let the light of the heart engulf you”.

-Gurumayi Chidvilasananda

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“Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our

spirit”.

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“Your mind is powerful. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change”.

-Buddha

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“Meditation can reintroduce you to the part that has been

missing”. -Russell Simmons

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“Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity”.

-Ram Dass

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“Life is a mystery - mystery of beauty, bliss and divinity.

Meditation is the art of unfolding that mystery”. -Amit Ray

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“Every moment is auspicious. There is always some magic in it”.

-Amit Ray

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“Be present in this moment. Here and now”.

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“Meditation is being in tune with our inner energy

source”.

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“You will not be punished for your anger. You will be punished by your anger”.

-Buddha

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“One conscious breath - in and out - is meditation”.

-Eckhart Tolle

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“Sleep is the best meditation”. -Dalai Lama

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“Breathe and release anything that doesn´t serve

you”.

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“Don´t promise when you are happy. Don´t answer

when you are angry. Don´t decide when you are sad”.

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“Meditation is listening to the divine within”.

-Edgar Cayce

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“Let every thought come and hug you, but you don´t

hug anything. Then, gradually, the noise will start to back off”. -Mooji

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“We try many ways to be awake, but our society still

keeps us forgetful. Meditation is to help us remember”.

-Thich Nhat Hanh

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“While meditating we are simply seeing what the mind has been doing all

along”. -Allan Lokos

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“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is

everything. What we think we become”. -Buddha

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“Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon,

come out from behind the clouds. Shine”. -Buddha

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“Smile. Breathe. Go slowly”. -Thich Nhat Hanh

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“I meditate so that I can inundate my entire being

with the omnipotent power of peace”. -Sri Chinmoy

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“Memories never die”.

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“Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the

means and the end”. -Jiddu Krishnamurti

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“The true practice of meditation is to sit as if you were drinking water when you are thirsty”.

-Shunryu Suzuki

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“If you are facing in the right direction, all you have to do is to keep walking”.

-Buddha

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“He who lives in harmony with himself, lives in

harmony with the universe”. -Marcus Aurelius

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“Happiness is not determined by what happens around you, but by what

happens within you”.

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“Your goal is not to battle the mind but to witness the mind”. -Swami Muktananda

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“Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own thoughts,

unguarded”. -Buddha

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“Your body is precious. It is your vehicle for awakening. Treat it with

care”.

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“Free yourself from the illusion of a good and a bad day. Labeling time makes us nostalgic of the past and

demanding of the future. There is only one here and now. Let it be”.

-Ram Dass

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“Meditation is the journey from sound to silence, from movement to stillness,

from a limited identity to unlimited space”. -Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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“If you want to find Spirit, hang out in the space between your thoughts”.

-Alan Cohen

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“Silence is a fence around wisdom”. -German Proverb

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“Relax. Nothing is in control”.

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“Buddha was asked what he had gained from meditation. He responded,

nothing, but I lost anger, anxiety, depression, insecurity, and fear of old

age and death”.

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“Meditation brings grace, peace, silence, blissfulness, a freedom that no

one can take away from you”.

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“Buddha´s teachings are scientific methods to solve the problems of all

living beings permanently”. -Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

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“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom”. -Aristotle

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“Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down

whatever you are doing”. -Sharon Salzberg

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“Breathe. The universe is taking care of everything else”.

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“Meditation is a way of familiarizing our mind with virtue”. -Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

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“Meditate, visualize & create your own reality and the universe will simply

reflect back to you”. -Amit Ray

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“Difficulties do come in life. To overcome them, one needs to be strong. Strength comes through

spiritual knowledge”. -Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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“Sky above. Earth below. Peace within”.

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“Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy”.

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“Pure happiness can only be attained through

developing our mind”. -Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

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“Meditation helps you take spiritual responsibility for

yourself”.

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“In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness

inside of you”. -Deepak Chopra

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“If you have time to breathe, you have time to

meditate”. -Ajahn Amaro

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“Don´t wait for everything to be perfect before you

decide to enjoy your life”. -Joyce Meyer

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“Concentration is a cornerstone of mindfulness practice. Your mindfulness

will only be as robust as the capacity of your mind to be calm and stable”.

-Jon Kabat-Zinn

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“Meditation is offering you genuine presence to

yourself in every moment”. -Thich Nhat Hanh

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“Put your heart, mind, intellect, and soul even to your smallest acts. This is

the secret of success”. -Swami Sivananda

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“Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far

from being comfortable”. -Swami Vivekananda

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“To understand the immeasurable, the mind must be extraordinarily

quiet, still”. -Jiddu Krishnamurti

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“This universe is not outside of you. Look inside

yourself; everything you want, you already are”.

-Rumi

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“To observe your thoughts is the first step in

understanding them, and, ultimately, taking charge

of them”.

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“Meditation is a way to let the noise settle and see

what´s inside”. -Russell Simmons

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“If you cannot meditate in a boiler room, you cannot

meditate”. -Alan Watts

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“You cannot travel on the path until you become the

path itself”. -Buddha

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“Whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome

what is rigid and hard. What is soft is strong”.

-Lao Tzu

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“The things that trouble our spirits are within us

already. In meditation, we must face them, accept

them, and set them aside one by one”.

-Christopher L. Bennett

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“Mind is there, in front of you. Don´t log in”.

-Mooji

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“Everything that irritates us about others can teach

us something about ourselves”.

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“There is never anything but the present & if one cannot live there, one cannot live anywhere”.

-Alan Watts

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“This moving away from comfort and security, this stepping out into what is unknown, uncharted and shaky is

called liberation”. -Pema Chodron

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“Every beautiful moment we have is a pearl that we thread on the necklace of our lives. Every moment we enjoy makes our necklace more precious”.

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“Be content with what you have. Rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking,

the whole world belongs to you”. -Lao Tzu

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“You should sit in meditation for twenty minutes every day. Unless you are too busy. Then you should sit one

hour”.

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“A spiritually established life is not an easy task. But a materially

satisfied life is an impossible task”. -Sri Chinmoy

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“One hour of contemplation surpasses sixty years of worship”.

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“The mind can go in a thousand directions. On this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the

wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms”.

-Thich Nhat Hanh

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“Through meditation the higher self is experienced”.

-Bhagavad Gita

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“The softest stuff in the world penetrates quickly the hardest,

insubstantial, it enters where there is no room”.

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“Meditation is the soul´s perspective glass”.

-Owen Feltham

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“Even in the midst of disturbance, the stillness of the mind can offer

sanctuary”. -Stephen Richards

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“True meditation is letting go of manipulating our experience”.

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“Words are but the shell. Meditation is the kernel”. -Bahya Paquda

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“The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of

meditation”. -Tibet´s Great Yogi Milarepa

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“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it from without”.

-Buddha

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“When we run from silence we run from ourselves”. -Michael Jeffreys

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“Meditation is a surrender. It is not a demand. It is not forcing existence your way. It is relaxing into the way

existence wants you to be. It is a let-go”. -Osho

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“The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go”.

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“Meditation is to the mind what exercise is to the body. It warms and

invigorates”. -David Lynch

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“Refuge to the man is the mind. Refuge to the mind is mindfulness”.

-Buddha