CURATED COLLECTION

Practicing Mindfulness

Attention is a skill, not a talent — and it can be built, word by word, moment by moment.

93 quotes found

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First winter rain, the world and I are young.

—Matsuo BashoPoet

Renaissance ERA • East Asia

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The only real prison is fear.

—Aung San Suu KyiPolitician

Late Modern ERA • Southeast Asia

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The spring sea rises and falls all day, rising and falling.

—Yosa BusonPoet & Painter

Enlightenment ERA • East Asia

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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

—Haruki MurakamiNovelist

Contemporary ERA • East Asia

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Genuine peace means peace of mind, not just absence of conflict.

—Aung San Suu KyiPolitician

Digital Age ERA • Southeast Asia

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As a solid rock is unshaken by wind, so the wise are unshaken by praise or blame.

—Gautama BuddhaSpiritual Teacher

Ancient World ERA • South Asia

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If you want to change the world, start with yourself. Be kind.

—Yasmin AhmadAuthor & Thinker

Contemporary ERA • Southeast Asia

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Happiness is not something ready‑made. It comes from your own actions.

—Daisaku IkedaPhilosopher, Author & Activist

Digital Age ERA • East Asia

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The mind is a restless monkey. Train it with devotion and peace will follow.

—Bahinabai ChaudhariPoet

Early Modern ERA • South Asia

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Living in this world, at times I'm a buddha, at times a fool.

—RyokanPoet

Enlightenment ERA • East Asia

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The world is a dream, why wake up?

—Ikkyu SojunPoet

Medieval ERA • East Asia

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Ignorance is not knowing that all things are like an illusion.

—Vimalakirti SutraScholar & Thinker

Ancient World ERA • South Asia

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Once you have the fish, you can forget the trap.

—ZhuangziPhilosopher

Ancient World ERA • East Asia

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The mind is everything. What you think, you become.

—Siddhartha GautamaScholar & Thinker

Ancient World ERA • South Asia

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Perfect action leaves no trace, perfect words leave no sign, perfect wisdom leaves no deed.

—LieziTaoist Philosopher

Ancient World ERA • East Asia

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Myriad changes make life like a dream.

—Du FuPoet & Sage

Medieval ERA • East Asia

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In the silence of the village, I hear the universe breathing.

—Namdeo Dhondo MahanorPoet

Contemporary ERA • South Asia

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The true gate of Zen is the mind itself.

—Ikkyu SojunPoet

Medieval ERA • East Asia

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Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

—Gautama BuddhaSpiritual Teacher

Ancient World ERA • South Asia

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The way you do one thing is the way you do everything.

—Erykah BaduAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • North America

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