36 Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes (MINDFULNESS)

Top 12 Most Famous Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes (BEST)

Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time. — **Patience** is a form of **wisdom**. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own **time**.

You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. — You can’t stop the waves, but you can **learn** to surf.

If we are honest with ourselves, most of us will have to admit that we live out our lives in an ocean of fear. — If we are honest with ourselves, most of us will have to admit that we live out our lives in an ocean of **fear**.

Perhaps the most spiritual thing any of us can do is simply to look through our own eyes, see with eyes of wholeness, and act with integrity and kindness. — Perhaps the most “spiritual” thing any of us can do is simply to look through our own eyes, see with eyes of wholeness, and act with integrity and **kindness**.

Mindfulness practice means that we commit fully in each moment to be present; inviting ourselves to interface with this moment in full awareness... — **Mindfulness** practice means that we commit fully in each moment to be present; inviting ourselves to interface with this moment in full awareness…

Maybe the fear is that we are less than we think we are, when the actuality of it is that we are much much more. — Maybe the **fear** is that we are less than we think we are, when the actuality of it is that we are much much more.

Give yourself permission to allow this moment to be exactly as it is, and allow yourself to be exactly as you are.

Look at other people and ask yourself if you are really seeing them or just your thoughts about them… Without knowing it, we are coloring everything, putting our spin on it all.

Mindfulness is about love and loving life. When you cultivate this love, it gives you clarity and compassion for life, and your actions happen in accordance with that. — **Mindfulness** is about **love** and loving life. When you cultivate this love, it gives you clarity and **compassion** for life, and your actions happen in accordance with that.

Practice sharing the fullness of your being, your best self, your enthusiasm, your vitality, your spirit, your trust, your openness, above all, your presence. — Practice **sharing** the fullness of your being, your best self, your enthusiasm, your vitality, your spirit, your **trust**, your openness, above all, your presence.

We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now. — We take care of the **future** best by taking care of the present now.

It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself. — It is indeed a radical act of **love** just to sit down and be quiet for a **time** by yourself.

12 Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes About Mindfulness (WISDOM)

“You might be tempted to avoid the messiness of daily living for the tranquility of stillness and peacefulness. This of course would be an attachment to stillness, and like any strong attachment, it leads to delusion. It arrests development and short-circuits the cultivation of wisdom.”
Jon Kabat-Zinn

Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally. — **Mindfulness** means paying attention in a particular way: on **purpose**, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.

Like it or not, this moment is all we really have to work with.

The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness. — The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate **mindfulness**.

Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing. — **Mindfulness** means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.

The little things? The little moments? They aren't little. — The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.

Writing can be an incredible mindfulness practice. — Writing can be an incredible **mindfulness** practice.

Make a list of what is really important to you. Embody it.

All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.

You cannot imitate somebody else's journey and still be true to yourself. — You cannot imitate somebody else’s journey and still be true to yourself.

Note that this journey is uniquely yours, no one else's. So the path has to be your own. — Note that this journey is uniquely yours, no one else’s. So the path has to be your own.

12 Inspirational Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes About Life (MEDITATION)

From the perspective of meditation, every state is a special state, every moment a special moment. — From the perspective of **meditation**, every state is a special state, every moment a special moment.

Give more than you think you can, trusting that you are richer than you think. — Give more than you think you can, **trusting** that you are richer than you think.

“Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are.”
Jon Kabat-Zinn

Just watch this moment, without trying to change it at all. What is happening? What do you feel? What do you see? What do you hear? — Just watch this moment, without trying to **change** it at all. What is happening? What do you feel? What do you see? What do you hear?

Intelligence is the door to freedom and alert attention is the mother of intelligence. — Intelligence is the door to **freedom** and alert attention is the mother of intelligence.

When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.

A lot of harm has come in all eras from people attached to one view of 'spiritual' truth. — A lot of harm has come in all eras from people attached to one view of ‘spiritual’ **truth**.

At the deepest level, there is no giver, no gift, and no recipient... only the universe rearranging itself. — At the deepest level, there is no giver, no gift, and no recipient… only the universe rearranging itself.

He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.

Even before smart phones and the Internet, we had many ways to distract our selves. Now that's compounded by a factor of trillions. — Even before smart phones and the Internet, we had many ways to distract our selves. Now that’s compounded by a factor of trillions.

The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment. — The real **meditation** practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.

Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it. — Arriving someplace more desirable at some **future** time is an illusion. This is it.

Born on 5 June 1944 in New York City, United States, Jon Kabat-Zinn is a professor of medicine and the creator of the Stress Reduction Clinic.

Kabat-Zinn graduated from Haverford College in 1964 and went on to obtain his Ph.D. in 1971 from MIT in molecular biology.

Kabat-Zinn was introduced to meditation by Philip Kapleau and was inspired enough by the introduction to study meditation for himself.

In 1979, Kabat-Zinn founded the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Since then, his concept of Mindful Yoga has spread all over the world.

His second book Wherever You Go, There You Are, published in 1994, went on to become a national bestseller.

Kabat-Zinn is also a board member for the Mind and Life Institute.

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