Why practice mindfulness? It helps you focus your mind on the present moment. By being more present, creatives can reduce stress, have better focus, and find flow. Here are 20 mindfulness quotes for creative well-being.
Living in the past or future is focusing on what-ifs instead of what is. Creative minds deal with enough distractions. This is why so many famous creative minds practice meditation or other forms of mindfulness. When you’re more mindful of yourself in the present moment, you can think more creatively and improve overall well-being and happiness.
“Mindfulness is a way of befriending ourselves and our experience.”
― Jon Kabat-Zinn
American Professor
“To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh
Vietnamese Monk
“When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another – and ourselves.”
― Jack Kornfield
American Author
“Meditation practice isn’t about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It’s about befriending who we are already.”
― Pema Chödrön
American Nun
“Our life is shaped by our mind, for we become what we think.”
― Buddha
Indian Philosopher
“Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.”
― Sharon Salzberg
American Author
“Wherever you are, be there totally.”
― Eckhart Tolle
Spiritual Teacher and Author
“Life is a dance. Mindfulness is witnessing that dance.”
― Amit Ray
Indian author
“Look past your thoughts, so you may drink the pure nectar of This Moment.”
― Rumi
Poet
“Be happy in the moment, that’s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.”
― Mother Theresa
Saint
“The idea has come to me that what I want now to do is to saturate every atom. I mean to eliminate all waste, deadness, superfluity: to give the moment whole; whatever it includes. Say that the moment is a combination of thought; sensation; the voice of the sea. Waste, deadness, come from the inclusion of things that don’t belong to the moment; this appalling narrative business of the realist: getting on from lunch to dinner: it is false, unreal, merely conventional.”
― Virginia Woolf
English writer
“Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free: Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.”
― Zhuang Zi
Chinese Philosopher
“As I noticed feelings and thoughts appear and disappear, it became increasingly clear that they were just coming and going on their own. . . . There was no sense of a self-owning them.”
― Tara Brach
American Psychologist
“When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.”
― Shunryu Suzuki
Zen Monk and Teacher
“This is the real secret of life — to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.”
― Alan Watts
British Philosopher
“Surrender to what is. Let go of what was. Have faith in what will be”
― Sonia Ricotti
Motivational Speaker and Corporate Trainer
“Every time we become aware of a thought, as opposed to being lost in a thought, we experience that opening of the mind.”
― Joseph Goldstein
American Teacher
“Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh
Vietnamese Monk
“Don’t believe everything you think. Thoughts are just that – thoughts.”
― Allan Lokos
American Teacher
“A few simple tips for life: feet on the ground, head to the skies, heart open…quiet mind.”
― Rasheed Ogunlaru
Business and Corporate Coach
Zach is an international writer, photographer, filmmaker, martial artist, and creator of Creative Enso, the Zen art of creative living. His goal is to empower and inspire creatives to live healthier, happier, and more creative lifestyles.
