Best Quotes by Jon Kabat-Zinn (Top 10)

  1. You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
  2. The little things? The little moments? They aren't little.
  3. Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are.
  4. Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time.
  5. Just watch this moment, without trying to change it at all. What is happening? What do you feel? What do you see? What do you hear?
  6. Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.
  7. We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.
  8. Generosity is another quality which, like patience, letting go, non-judging, and trust, provides a solid foundation for mindfulness practice. You might experiment with using the cultivation of generosity as a vehicle for deep self-observation and inquiry as well as an exercise in giving. A good place to start is with yourself. See if you can give yourself gifts that may be true blessings, such as self-acceptance, or some time each day with no purpose. Practice feeling deserving enough to accept these gifts without obligation-to simply receive from yourself, and from the universe.
  9. Note that this journey is uniquely yours, no one else's. So the path has to be your own. You cannot imitate somebody else's journey and still be true to yourself. Are you prepared to honor your uniqueness in this way?
  10. Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it.

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