Douglas Preston Quotes

Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return.

There is no whit less enlightenment under the tree by your street than there was under the Buddha's bo tree. I invite you to go sit under that tree by your street.

Religion has only one answer and that answer is meditation. And meditation means how to empty yourself.

True piety lies rather in the power to contemplate the universe with a quiet mind.

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

I'm not a New Age person, but I do believe in meditation, and for that reason I've always liked the Buddhist religion. When I've been to Japan, I've been to Buddhist temples and meditated, and I found that rewarding.

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

I've never meditated in my life. I don't practice yoga nor any religion. I'm a tourist on the realm of stillness.

I'm like the Shaolin monk, the counselor in the clubhouse.

I play basketball on Sundays and I'm a very spiritual guy; I read a lot of Eastern philosophy and I meditate.

I meditate and I also think about meditation. Which is funny. I think about Maharishi, about just the idea of meditating. It gives me something.

The time of wisdom cannot be measured, and for me, wisdom is the garden. There is no time in the garden.

Meditation is an essential aspect of my life.

I don't have to go to a mountain to meditate. I'm meditative in every moment of my life.

I sometimes meditate.

I'm just not a religious person, not at all. I consider myself a spiritual person. I was always very drawn to Buddhism, Hinduism. I still meditate.

It's not only about the material things - I also have a spiritual side.

Priests and nuns actually meditated. It's not religious. It's about centering yourself.

If I'm going to die, the best way to prepare is to quiet my mind and open my heart. If I'm going to live, the best way to prepare for it is to quiet my mind and open my heart.

There is so much noise in the world! May we learn to be silent in our hearts and before God.

The word must be heard in silence; there must be darkness to see the stars.

Through the portals of silence the healing sun of wisdom and peace will shine upon you.

Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore.

What meaning has such meditation? There is no meaning; there is no utility. But in that meditation there is a movement of great ecstasy which is not to be confounded with pleasure. It is this ecstasy which gives to the eye, to the brain and to the heart, the quality of innocency. Without seeing life as something totally new, it is a routine, a boredom, a meaningless affair. So meditation is of the greatest importance. It opens the door to the incalculable, to the measureless.

Mind is a door that leads you outside in the world; meditation is the door that leads you to your interiority - to the very innermost shrine of your being.