Malcolm de Chazal Quotes

People say I am mad. I am not mad. I am trying to heal my soul.

The mind is running on all sides to think about many things, - what we call thoughts coming from outside. We must withdraw the mind from these distractions and make it abide in the self. Thus guarding the peace within we shall have to do the work without.

If we are engaged in actions that cause pain and conflict to ourselves and others, it is impossible for the mind to become settled, collected, and focused in meditation; it is impossible for the heart to open.

Emerson, I am trying to live, as you said we must, the examined life. But there are days I wish there was less in my head to examine, not to speak of the busy heart.

I should never be left alone with my mind for too long.

Sincere thought means thought of concentration (quiet awareness). The thought of a distracted mind cannot be sincere

No distractions. Center yourself. This is your time.

When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick

Follow the wandering, the distraction, find out why the mind has wandered; pursue it, go into it fully. When the distraction is completely understood, then that particular distraction is gone. When another comes, pursue it also.

You can take Elvis. You can take Marilyn Monroe. Success and fame will not be the answer if something inside of you is bothering you, if things in your mind aren't going right.

You'll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart.

At the end of the day, sleep is a barometer of your emotional health. And so if you're not in the right place where you need to be, then you're going to have voices keeping you up at night because you have to work through those issues.

I've had my share of dark days of the soul. I try not to focus on it too much so it doesn't get to me.

I meditate. Meditation helps me.

I've been doing transcendental meditation every day on the road, and it's one of the best things I've ever done.

If you know you're going to be outside, you have to be a little bit more in tune, so that you don't get distracted by what's going on and focus better.

In today's society we sometimes forget to balance our hearts and our heads; this is the reason we stop laughing.

I meditate. Daily practice is essential to my life.

When I'm working I don't have room to think about myself and my own issues. It's really freeing. There is no room for me, which is really nice.

I'm a big advocate of meditation.

I feel like I'm in my own head a lot; it just feels amazing, but scary, weird and confusing.

Meditation is a regular part of my day, every day.

I was losing sight of myself and started to get anxiety and stress. You work at such a pace and you don't have time to sit with yourself and think.

I'm always in the right headspace! I live pretty much in isolation, so there are really no distractions. That's not a manufactured thing; it's just the way I live.