Gretchen Rubin Quotes

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

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

I'm really trying to be in the now - that's so spiritual and stuff. It's just so much more pleasant and sane.

Ten minutes praying is better than a year's murmuring.

Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought.

I had a friend who introduced me to a meditation practice which involves a couple of half-hours a day of meditation, where essentially you try to achieve a stillness that allows you to just be there in the moment.

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.

We tend to think of meditation in only one way. But life itself is a meditation.

Every day I try to do breathing exercises, meditation, and yoga. These things sound awfully cliche, but they help me slow down and try to point to a truth.

You have to do what makes you feel good, but for me, it has to come from that spiritual side first.

The first thing I do when I get up is pray and meditate to center myself for the day ahead. I ask for inspiration in my creative endeavors, guidance in my relationships and patience in my journey. It's a great way to get focused for the day.

I have different methods. Sometimes I just like to immerse myself in music; that's a really good way to switch off from the world. I also like to listen to Eckhart Tolle, a very wise, very spiritual man, who teaches us how to live in the present.

I've been taking five minutes to sit by myself and meditate, and it's definitely something I'm going to continue doing.

Stopping is a spiritual art. It is the refuge where we drink life in.

Sitting alone, listening to the sound of your breath, the beating of your heart is a reminder that you are sacred and blessed.

Learn to be more meditative, and let your creativity be secondary to your meditativeness. Then you will have a totally different state of being - that of ecstasy; and out of ecstasy, whatever is created has also some flavor of it.

I spend a few minutes in meditation and prayer each morning. I find that this really helps me to start the day with a good frame of reference. As part of my prayers, I thank whoever is helping me - I'm sure that somebody or something is - I express gratitude for all my blessings and try to forgive the people that I'm feeling negative toward. I try hard not to judge anyone, and I try to bless everyone who is part of my life, particularly anyone with whom I am having any problems.

Contemplation is the loving sense of this life, this presence and this eternity.

Who can wait in stillness while the mud settles?

You are here, and there is nothing to fear. Count your blessings and before you're finished counting, you"ll have even more

Often we tell ourselves, "Don't just sit there, do something!" But when we practice awareness, we discover that the opposite may be more helpful: "Don't just do something, sit there!"

Simply wait, be quiet, still The world will freely offer itself to you.

Sometimes I need only to stand wherever I am to be blessed.

I always try meditation. Meditation means always keeping one mind, not-moving mind.

I meditate and I'm passionate about it.