Ani DiFranco Quotes

It is important from time to time to slow down, to go away by yourself, and simply be.

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

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

Being still may sound a little crazy to some, but I really encourage people to simply listen to your own breath and unclog all those thoughts running through your mind. It's important to take a step back.

Meditation is key. It's a crazy world we live in. Everything is happening so fast in our world, so to take a moment and clear the mind and just be totally present is so healing. I want to meditate more.

Not that I'm any good at it, but the beauty of meditation is that it liberates us from our own thoughts.

When there is no desire to satisfy yourself, there is no aggression or speed... Because there is no rush to achieve, you can afford to relax. Because you can afford to relax, you can afford to keep company with yourself, you can afford to make love with yourself, to be friends with yourself.

I'm not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things.

Like water which can clearly mirror the sky and the trees only so long as its surface is undisturbed, the mind can only reflect the true image of the Self when it is tranquil and wholly relaxed.

I aspire only to silence.

Meditation was a turning point for me. It helped me deal with a lot of stress and has given me a lot of relaxation.

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.

I notice a difference from the moment I meditate.

I've been busy and need to slow my little tail down and sit and meditate somewhere. I do my walking meditations every day, but just to sit still. Just to be in one place and just to be quiet.

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

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

I meditate and I'm passionate about it.

Let your mind alone, and see what happens.

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 have time to breathe, time to be myself more often, I am a lot more relaxed and less guarded.

I meditate so I know how to find a peaceful place within to be calm and peaceful.

Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.

I meditate. Meditation helps me.

If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.