How does one practice mindfulness? Sit in meditation. Be aware of only your breath.

Our identification with the mind and body is the chief reason for our failure to know our self as we truly are.

That knowledge which purifies the mind and heart alone is true Knowledge, all else is only a negation of Knowledge.

The mind has grown to its present state of consciousness as an acorn grows into an oak, or as saurians developed into mammals.

How can an unsteady mind make itself steady? Of course it cannot. It is the nature of the mind to roam about. All you can do is to shift the focus of consciousness beyond the mind.

But the disappearance of the effort to let go is precisely the disappearance of the separate thinker, of the ego trying to watch the mind without interfering.

The world you think of is in your own mind.

Strengthen your mind and refuse to carry the burden of mental and moral weakness acquired in past years; burn them in the fires of your present divine resolutions and right activities. By this constructive attitude you will attain freedom.

The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking of other matters.

As soon as I wake up I pay homage to the Buddha, and I try to prepare my mind to be more altruistic, more compassionate, during the day to come so I can be of benefit to beings. Then I do physical exercise - I walk on a treadmill.

The inward battle--against our mind, our wounds, and the residues of the past--is more terrible than outward battle.

Our most valuable teachers are our enemies. While our friends can help us in many ways, only our enemies can provide us with the challenge we need to develop tolerance, patience, and compassion—three virtues essential for building character, developing peace of mind, and bringing us true happiness.

You begin by letting thoughts flow and watching them. The very observation slows down the mind till it stops altogether. Once the mind is quiet, keep it quiet. Don't get bored with peace, be in it, go deeper into it.

Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind.

You recharge your body and mind in prayer and meditation. All of your actions in this world should be done with that inner consciousness.

Thinking of disease constantly will intensify it. Feel always 'I am healthily in body and mind'.

Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.

The ultimate truth is so simple. It is nothing more than being in the pristine state. This is all that needs to be said. Only mature minds can grasp the simple truth in all its nakedness.

When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.

A quiet mind does not mean that there will be no thoughts or mental movements at all, but that these will be on the surface, and you will feel your true being within, separate from them, observing but not carried away

Service is God. Why has God endowed man with a body, a mind and an intellect? Feel with the mind, plan with the intelligence and use the body to serve those who are in need of service. Offer that act of service to God; worship home with that Flower.

If the mind is dominated by hatred, the best part of the brain, which is used to judge right and wrong, does not function properly.

Turn the mind inward and cease thinking of yourself as the body; thereby you will come to know that the self is ever happy. Neither grief nor misery is experienced in this state.