John Updike Quotes

Before I found my peace, I was way too much in my head. I found myself on the field in my own thoughts. I've learned that there's a time and a place for my thoughts. The most important thing when I'm on the field is to just be in the moment and let it all go.

What I have learned over the years is to try to stay in the moment.

Golf is a spiritual game. It's like Zen. You have to let your mind take over.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

I worry about the things I can affect, and the things I have no control over I move by.

I try to take each moment at a time.

The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.

I travel so much and am always living out of a suitcase, so my favorite saying is 'Wherever you go, there you are'. I love it because it's reassuring to me that you have to live in the moment wherever you happen to be.

I'd like to be more patient! I just want everything now. I've tried to meditate, but it's really hard for me to stay still. I'd like to try to force myself to do it, because everybody says how wonderful meditation is for you, but I can't shut my mind up. So patience and learning is the key.

Everywhere I go, I still have time to meditate. People think meditating is sitting there, nobody bothering you, but you can even talk and still meditate.

I see martial arts as moving forms of meditation. When you're sparring or drilling techniques, you can't think of anything else.

Life is accepting what is and working from that.

Buddhist practices offer a way of saying, 'Hey, come back over here, reconnect.' The only way that you'll actually wake up and have some freedom is if you have the capacity and courage to stay with the vulnerability and the discomfort.

While you are meditating, if your mind wanders, gently bring it back to the present moment.

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

I suppose even when I was growing up, I noticed I was most happy when I was absorbed in something, lost in the moment and forgot the time, whether was conversation, movie, or a game I was playing. That was my definition of happiness. And I was least happy when I was all over the place, distracted and restless.

If we can remain present and deal with the moment in front of us, no matter what our battle, then if we lose, we'll know that ultimately we weren't supposed to win that battle in the first place.

I can meditate anywhere, anytime, even whilst talking to you.

If you take an hour out of your day to meditate, you will progress ten-fold. By staying mentally focused, you can let your worries go.

Be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence.

I'm in a space of surrendering and being open and seeing. It's a good place to be - the only place to be.

The things you cannot change you can't waste your time on.

Transcendental Meditation, for me, has been a way of turning down the outside racket and turning up the bandwidth of instinct, intuition, concentration, attention. On the light ends, it's a power nap. On the strong ends, it's a giant battery, and that battery doesn't run out.

By living mindfully, you understand that there are many transitions in life. You just go through them.

For me, it's important to concentrate to the present and leave the past.