You should sit in meditation for twenty minutes a day, unless you are too busy — then you should sit for an hour. – Author Unknown
Quiet the mind, and the soul will speak. – Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati
Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end. – Jiddhu Krishnamurti
Meditation allows us to directly participate in our lives instead of living life as an afterthought. – Stephen Levine
Meditation has to become your heartbeat; even when you are asleep the meditation continues like an undercurrent – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Spiritual meditation is the pathway to Divinity. It is a mystic ladder which reaches from earth to heaven, from error to Truth, from pain to peace. – James Allen
Meditation is a flower and compassion is its fragrance. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. – Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Meditation is the golden key to all the mysteries of life. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Enjoy simple things with total intensity. Just a cup of tea can be a deep meditation. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Meditation is the antidote to all the poisons of your life. It is the nourishment of your authentic nature. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
The you that goes in one side of the meditation experience is not the same you that comes out the other side. – Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
In meditation, you are calm and receptive. You are like an open door providing a kind of cross ventilation so that the air of divinity can move through you. – Gurudev Shree Chitrabhanu
At the beginning of every winter people are careful to install storm windows. These extra panes of glass protect their houses against the bitter winds. We do something very similar to protect our minds through the practice of meditation. – Eknath Easwaran
Meditation is a valuable exercise, but eventually you have to open up your eyes and look around. – Dan Millman
We spend a great deal of time telling God what we think should be done, and not enough time waiting in the stillness for God to tell us what to do. – Peace Pilgrim
Meditation is not something that should be done in a particular position at a particular time. It is an awareness and an attitude that must persist throughout the day. – Annamalai Swami
Meditation is silence. If you realize that you really know nothing, then you will be truly meditating. Such truthfulness is the right soil for silence. Silence is meditation. – Yogaswami
[M]editation stills the wandering mind and establishes us forever in a state of peace. – Muktananda
True meditation gives us, as it were, wings for flight to a higher realm and thus detaches us from terrestrial fetters. – Paramananda
