Quotes Tagged ‘sitting’

“It's extraordinarily powerful that we decide just to sit, not hang out or perch, but just sit on a meditation cushion.”

by Chogyam Trungpa
Tags: awareness, presence, sitting

“This is universal. You sit and observe your breath. You can't say this is Hindu breath or Christian breath or Muslim breath.”

by Charles Johnson
Tags: meditation, sitting, breath, cross-religion, commonality

“All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.”

by Blaise Pascal
Tags: non-spiritual, European, quiet, sitting, patience, stillness