22 Meditation Quotes to inspire you to do it more!

December 20, 2021 Marzena Wojcik

22 Quotes on Meditation to hopefully inspire you in 2022 to meditate more.

Why?

Well it will calm you the fuck down…

The below list of 22 quotes on meditation range from Buddha, to Patanjali, Tim Ferris and more. Get inspired for 2022, to seek ways to find peace. Find ways to clear and calm your mind.
The mind can’t be cleared with just reading these quotes, know that you actually have to take part in meditation and practice it to reap the actual benefits of what it does. There are some many benefits of meditation to not only your brain but also your emotional and mindful state.

Check out my previous blog post on that here: Why Meditate? How Science says it's good for us..

Otherwise keep on reading to get inspired to meditate more!!

The quotes can serve as a reminder of what the purpose of meditation is. What the practice can do for us and our minds, and what our role is as a meditator.

Let these quotes inspire you to turn inward.

Be still.

Witness.

Listen.

Clear your mind.

Find peace.

“Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.”
Thich Nhat Hahn (1)
“Your goal is not to battle with the mind, but to witness the mind.”
Swami Muktananda (1)
Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.
Ajahn Brahm (1)
“Whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. What is soft is strong.” - Lao Tzu (2)
“If the ocean can calm itself, so can you. We are both salt water mixed with air.” - Nayyirah Waheed (3)
If you can resist the impulse to claim each and every thought as your own, you will come to a startling conclusion: you will discover that you are the consciousness in which the thoughts appear and disappear. – Annamalai Swami (4)
“When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering like the flame of a candle in a windless place. “ - Bhagavad Gita (5)
“Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. So relax.” - Bryant McGill (5)
“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” - Buddha (5)
“Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.” - Buddha (7)
“Learn to slow down. Get lost intentionally. Observe how you judge both yourself and those around you.” - Tim Ferriss (5)
“There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.” - Buddha (7)
“Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and listen. No more is needed.”
Eckhart Tolle (5)
“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.”
Buddha (7)
“When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds; your mind transcends limitations; your conscious expands in every direction; and you find yourself in a great, new and wonderful world.” - Patanjali (8)
“If you can control the rising of the mind into ripples, you will experience Yoga.” - Patanjali (8)
“Yoga is the stilling of the fluctuations of the mind.” - Patanjali (8)
“Peace can be reached through meditation on the knowledge which dreams give. Peace can also be reached through concentration upon that which is dearest to the heart.” - Patanjali (8)
“Meditation is not about stopping thoughts, but recognizing that we are more than our thoughts and our feelings.” — Arianna Huffington (9)
“Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. So relax.” – Bryant McGill (9)
“Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless—like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot.
Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.” – Bruce Lee (9)
“The more regularly and the more deeply you meditate, the sooner you will find yourself acting always from a center of inner peace.” – J. Donald Walters (9)

Sources and Other Resources

25 Meditation Quotes https://www.keepinspiring.me/25-meditation-quotes/
Meditation Quotes https://wisdomquotes.com/meditation-quotes/
Meditation Quotes https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/meditation
https://liveanddare.com/meditation-quotes/
135 Meditation quotes https://wisdomquotes.com/meditation-quotes/
10 Things We Know About Meditation https://www.mindful.org/10-things-we-know-about-the-science-of-meditation/
https://www.successconsciousness.com/blog/quotes/buddha-quotes/
https://www.azquotes.com/author/91621-Patanjali
https://parade.com/1066461/nicolepajer/meditation-quotes/

Marzena Wojcik

22 Meditation Quotes to inspire you to do it more!

22 Quotes on Meditation to hopefully inspire you in 2022 to meditate more.

Why?

Well it will calm you the fuck down…

“Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.”

Thich Nhat Hahn (1)

“Your goal is not to battle with the mind, but to witness the mind.”

Swami Muktananda (1)

Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.

Ajahn Brahm (1)

“Whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. What is soft is strong.” - Lao Tzu (2)

“If the ocean can calm itself, so can you. We are both salt water mixed with air.” - Nayyirah Waheed (3)

If you can resist the impulse to claim each and every thought as your own, you will come to a startling conclusion: you will discover that you are the consciousness in which the thoughts appear and disappear. – Annamalai Swami (4)

“When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering like the flame of a candle in a windless place. “ - Bhagavad Gita (5)

“Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. So relax.” - Bryant McGill (5)

“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” - Buddha (5)

“Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.” - Buddha (7)

“Learn to slow down. Get lost intentionally. Observe how you judge both yourself and those around you.” - Tim Ferriss (5)

“There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.” - Buddha (7)

“Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and listen. No more is needed.”

Eckhart Tolle (5)

“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.”

Buddha (7)

“When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds; your mind transcends limitations; your conscious expands in every direction; and you find yourself in a great, new and wonderful world.” - Patanjali (8)

“If you can control the rising of the mind into ripples, you will experience Yoga.” - Patanjali (8)

“Yoga is the stilling of the fluctuations of the mind.” - Patanjali (8)

“Peace can be reached through meditation on the knowledge which dreams give. Peace can also be reached through concentration upon that which is dearest to the heart.” - Patanjali (8)

“Meditation is not about stopping thoughts, but recognizing that we are more than our thoughts and our feelings.” — Arianna Huffington (9)

“Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. So relax.” – Bryant McGill (9)

“Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless—like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot.

Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.” – Bruce Lee (9)

“The more regularly and the more deeply you meditate, the sooner you will find yourself acting always from a center of inner peace.” – J. Donald Walters (9)

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