Inspirational Quotes

 On Meditation

In solitude be a multitude to oneself.
-Tibullus-

What we have to learn, in both meditation and in life, is to be free of attachment to the good experiences, and free of aversion to the negative ones.
-Sogyal Rinpoche-

Never under any circumstances say that meditation and wisdom are different; they are one unity, not two things. Meditation itself is the substance of wisdom; wisdom itself is the function of meditation.
-Hui-neng-

Sometimes, simply by sitting, the soul collects wisdom.
-Zen proverb-

True silence is the rest of the mind;
it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.
-William Penn-

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters
compared to what lies within us.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson-

Meditation is not a way to enlightenment,
Nor is it a method of achieving anything at all.
It is peace itself.
It is the actualization of wisdom,
The ultimate truth of the oneness of all things.
-Dogen-

Solitude is the furnace of transformation.
-Henri Nouwen-

I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown,
for going out, I found, was really going in.
-John Muir-

The quieter you become the more you can hear.
-Baba Ram Dass-

No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval
of still and musing meditation.
-Walter Bagehot-