Aiden Wilson Tozer Quotes

I pray a lot and it has helped me throughout my whole career to stay calm and focused.

The single guiding principle that I try to follow, assuming blindly that the rest will fall into place, is to operate squarely in the present. I think it's one of the most difficult things for anyone to do.

Meditation plays a big role in my life. Meditation fortifies my spirit, improves my focus, my desire. When I fight I try to empty my mind. It's called Mushin. When I don't see anything around me, I only see that moment. Nothing else matters. that was how I was taught to live.

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.

I decided to try celibacy because I heard it would help the meditation, and I tried meditation because I heard it would help with the music. So, it all really comes back to the music.

Set aside all involvements and let the myriad things rest. Zazen is not thinking of good, not thinking of bad. It is not conscious endeavour. It is not introspection. Do not desire to become a buddha; let sitting or lying down drop away. Be moderate in eating and drinking. Be mindful of the passing of time, and engage yourself in zazen as though you are saving your head from fire.

Thinking is a momentary dismissal of irrelevancies.

Spirit, find your way, in seeking lowness like a stream.

No effort is required to define or even attain happiness, but enormous concentration is needed to abandon everything else.

Do not seek so anxiously to be developed, to subject yourself to many influences to be played on; it is all dissipation. Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights.

It becomes necessary to learn how to clear the mind of all clouds, to free it of all useless ballast and debris by dismissing the burden of too much concern with material things.

Writing in my journal keeps me focused on my spirit and what I need or feel.

I think there's too much mult-tasking going on. I think people need to quiet down and focus and be still more.

When you begin your transcendental training, focusing your best efforts, without attachment to outcomes, you will understand the peaceful warrior's way.

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

When we clear the physical clutter from our lives, we literally make way for inspiration and 'good, orderly direction' to enter.

If you want to be happy, live discreetly. Does that make sense in English?

The best way to meditate is through meditation itself.

Meditation is a lifelong process. Give it a try. As you get deeper and more disciplined into the process, you'll get deeper and more disciplined in your mind and life.

If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.

With renunciation life begins.

I had tried to get focused on other things. But I always ended up back in the same place, and it wasn't making me happy. I needed to get the focus back.

I meditate, which I really like. Just 20 minutes twice a day and that really helps.

Talk when you talk, walk when you walk, and die when you die.

First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body, modesty of bearing, a modulated tone of voice, and a well-ordered manner of speech. He should be without anxiety as to his food and drink, and should eat in silence.