7 Quotes on Meditation from Books
Hello and Welcome. This page is a collection of 7 quotes about Meditation that I underlined from various books. I hope you will like these quotes too.
By the way, I am Deepak Kundu, an avid book reader, quotes collector and blogger.
Meditation Quotes from 10% Happier book by Dan Harris
- When I opened my eyes, I had an entirely different attitude about meditation. I didn't like it, per se, but I now respected it. This was not just some hippie time-passing technique, like Ultimate Frisbee or making God's Eyes. It was a rigorous brain exercise: rep after rep of trying to tame the runaway train of the mind. The repeated attempt to bring the compulsive thought machine to heel was like holding a live fish in your hands. Wrestling your mind to the ground, repeatedly hauling your attention back to the breath in the face of the inner onslaught required genuine grit. This was a badass endeavor.
- Meditation is simply exercise for your brain. It's a proven technique for preventing the voice in your head from leading you around by the nose.
- The net effect of meditation, plus trying to stay present during my daily life, was striking. It was like anchoring myself to an underground aquifer of calm. It became a way to steel myself as I moved through the world.
- There is a point to sitting around all day with your eyes closed: to gain some control over the mind, to see through the forces that drive us - and drive us nuts.
Meditation Quotes from The Almanack of Naval Ravikant book by Eric Jorgenson
- When in bed, meditate. Either you will have a deep meditation or fall asleep. Victory either way.
- Meditation is intermittent fasting for the mind.
- Meditation is turning off society and listening to yourself. It only "works" when done for its own sake. Hiking is walking meditation. Journaling is writing meditation. Praying is gratitude meditation. Showering is accidental meditation. Sitting quietly is direct meditation.