Find Inner Peace with These Calming Meditation Quotes

Jill Gleeson
·6 min read

There's no doubt about it: We live in stressful times. From dealing with the pandemic, raising our kids, caring for our aging parents, keeping the house spic and span, and working 9 to 5, it might seem like there's no downtime. And even if you find a few moments to relax, how do you soothe your body and mind and actually let go of all that tightness and tension? Reading the following meditation quotes just might be the way.

After all, we know meditation, which can be traced back to 5,000 BCE, can crush stress, reducing negativity, and increasing patience, imagination and self-awareness. Research has shown it can lead to better sleep and improved memory, too, and even lower blood pressure.

While reading these quotes about meditation isn't the same thing as engaging in it (try a meditation app if you're just getting started), they just might inspire you to set a few moments aside every day for the age-old practice. (Even 13 minutes of daily meditation has been shown to improve physical and mental health.) Along with eating right and exercising regularly, reading these quotes about meditation should help put you on the road to increased well-being and added mindfulness in just about no time.

Photo credit: NICKYLLOYD
Photo credit: NICKYLLOYD

  1. "Meditation is bringing the mind home." ― Sogyal Rinpoche

  2. "Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor." ― Thich Nhat Hanh

  3. "Meditation is a way for nourishing and blossoming the divinity within you." ― Amit Ray

  4. "The more regularly and the more deeply you meditate, the sooner you will find yourself acting always from a center of peace." ― J. Donald Walters

  5. "If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath." ― Amit Ray

  6. "When you begin to meditate you may notice changes right away. Or nothing much may seem to change. Don’t count on anything dramatic. Most changes happen slowly." ― Ram Dass

  7. "If the ocean can calm itself, so can you. We are both salt water mixed with air." ― Nayyirah Waheed

  8. "Meditate every single day. Not once in a while. Every single day." ― Khensu

  9. "The mind is definitely something that can be transformed, and meditation is a means to transform it." ― Dalai Lama

  10. "Sometimes you need to sit lonely on the floor in a quiet room in order to hear your own voice and not let it drown in the noise of others." ― Charlotte Eriksson

  11. "When sitting in meditation, say, 'That’s not my business!' with every thought that comes by." ― Ajahn Chah

  12. "Meditation is a vital way to purify and quiet the mind, thus rejuvenating the body." ― Deepak Chopra

  13. "The best mediation is effortless. The best meditation is a gentle awareness." ― Maxime Lagacé

  14. "Life is a dance. Mindfulness is witnessing that dance." ― Amit Ray

  15. "Sit down, close your eyes, get in a comfortable position, and whatever happens, happens. If you think, you think. If you don’t think, you don’t think. Don’t put any effort into it." ― Naval Ravikant

  16. "Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity." ― Baba Ram Dass

  17. "Meditation is not evasion, it is a serene encounter with reality." ― Thich Nhat Hanh

  18. "Open the window of your mind. Allow the fresh air, new lights and new truths to enter." ― Amit Ray

  19. "Don’t try to solve anything, just be." ― Maxime Lagacé

  20. "We must experience the Truth in a direct, practical and real way. This is only possible in the stillness and silence of the mind; and this is achieved by means of meditation." ― Samael Aun Weor

  21. "To understand the immeasurable, the mind must be extraordinarily quiet, still." ― Jiddu Krishnamurti

  22. "Life is a mystery—mystery of beauty, bliss and divinity. Meditation is the art of unfolding that mystery." ― Amit Ray

  23. "One conscious breath in and out is a meditation." ― Eckhart Tolle

  24. "Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight." ― Ajahn Brahm

  25. "If the mind falls asleep, awaken it. Then if it starts wandering, make it quiet. If you reach the state where there is neither sleep nor movement of mind, stay still in that, the natural (real) state." ― Ramana Maharshi

  26. "Discover your deep inner-self and from that place spread love in every direction." ― Amit Ray

  27. "A meditator is both an artist and a warrior." ― Thich Nhat Hanh

  28. "Meditation provides a way of learning how to let go. As we sit, the self we’ve been trying to construct and make into a nice, neat package continues to unravel." ― John Welwood

  29. "Be free like a balloon is. Let go of all the weights (negativity) to fly to the highest of skies." ― Aman Khurana

  30. "Meditation is an essential travel partner on your journey of personal transformation. Meditation connects you with your soul, and this connection gives you access to your intuition, your heartfelt desires, your integrity, and the inspiration to create a life you love." ― Sarah McLean

  31. "The quiet mind is richer than a crown." ― Robert Greene

  32. "The thing about meditation is: You become more and more you." ― David Lynch

  33. "Meditation is not just blissing out under a mango tree. It completely changes your brain and therefore changes what you are." ― Matthieu Ricard

  34. "Be present above all else." ― Naval Ravikant

  35. "Quiet the mind, and the soul will speak." ― Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

  36. "Meditation is for moms what eyesight is for pilots. It allows us to see where we’re headed, respond to conditions in our environment, and make adjustments when necessary." ― Amber Trueblood

  37. "Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day."― Deepack Chopra

  38. "Meditate. Slow down. There’s no rush." ― Maxime Lagacé

  39. "Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt." ― Sr. Francis de Sales

  40. "The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear." ― Rumi

  41. "You get peace of mind not by thinking about it or imagining it, but by quietening and relaxing the restless mind." ― Remez Sasson

  42. "The best cure for the body is a quiet mind." ― Napoleon Bonaparte

  43. "Only in my deep meditation do I come to know who I truly am." ― Sri Chinmoy

  44. "Meditation is hanging out with your soul." ― Rachel Ritlop

  45. "People turn to meditation because they want to make good decisions, break bad habits & bounce back better from disappointments."― Sharon Salzberg

  46. "Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water." ― Bruce Lee

  47. "Go within every day and find the inner strength so that the world will not blow your candle out." ― Katherine Dunham

  48. "Meditation is choosing not to engage in the drama of the mind but elevating the mind to its highest potential." ― Amit Ray

  49. "Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself." ― Hermann Hesse

  50. "The body benefits from movement, and the mind benefits from stillness." ― Sakyong Mipham

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