Bell Hooks Quotes

I've spent quite a bit of my life as a meditation teacher and writer commending the strengths of love and compassion.

Well, I'm Buddhist, Ray, and so part of my Buddhism has allowed me to look a little more deeply at people and the events in my life that created me. And I think a lot of that Buddhism comes out in the world view in this novel.

I'm doing my best to be mindful about how I'm living: to be kind and patient, and not to impose a bad mood on somebody else. Being mindful is as good a way to be spiritual as anything else.

Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone's face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let go of my anger and resentment? Did I forgive? Did I love? These are the real questions. I must trust that the little bit of love that I sow now will bear many fruits, here in this world and the life to come.

For me personally, joy comes from focusing on Jesus, others, and yourself.

Yoga has given me more compassion for my imperfections.

No writing on the solitary, meditative dimensions of life can say anything that has not already been said better by the wind in the pine trees.

I meditate. I've been a meditator since, I think I was doing it unofficially before all my life and then began to formalize it somewhere around 14.

Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.

God has blessed me with the capacity to meditate even while I am talking.

We can actually accelerate the process through meditation, through the ability to find stillness through loving actions, through compassion and sharing, through understanding the nature of the creative process in the universe and having a sense of connection to it. So, that's conscious evolution.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

When I was eight, a hippie guy taught me how to meditate and gave me this scarf I was supposed to wear when I meditated. I still have it; it's probably one of the items that mean most to me.

When people ask me what the most important thing is in life, I answer: 'Just breathe.'

I never stopped studying Buddhism. In the past few years, in between movies, I do a retreat.

I know how I want to try and live my life. I know I don't want to leave any darkness behind me.

Life is all about the spirit.

I feel like I'm calmer, I'm kinder, I'm more patient the more I do my own meditation.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.

Modern conveniences grant us more free time to focus on spiritual needs and devote more time to personal service. But the basic element which should never change in the lives of righteous young women is giving service to others.

I am very willing to share whatever I know or feel I know about finding some serenity in this lifetime.

While everyone else is thinking about economics and politics, executive salaries and the future of the euro, do the opposite, even if it's hard. Invest in the spirit.

I do a lot of reading, meditating, and praying to stay as grounded as I can be in this crazy world.

My dream is to live a good life and be loving, be close to God and be a good human being and bring peace to people.