Training The Mind Quotes:

Happiness can be achieved through training the mind.

- Dalai Lama

source: Dalai Lama (2009). “The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living”, p.28, Penguin

topic: Training The Mind

Developing inner values is much like physical exercise. The more we train our abilities, the stronger they become. The difference is that, unlike the body, when it comes to training the mind, there is no limit to how far we can go.

- Dalai Lama

topic: Exercise, Differences, Training, Physicality, Getting Stronger

The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think

- Albert Einstein

topic: Memorable, College, Thinking, Liberal Arts College, Liberal Arts Education

By disciplining and training the mind to focus on one thing, we gain control of perception; we learn to grab it and put it someplace we want it to be.

- Frederick Lenz

topic: Focus, Perception, Training, Focus On One Thing, Training The Mind

Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

- William James

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Success, Inspirational Attitude, Great Attitude

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

- Jim Ryun

topic: Motivational, Motivation, Habit, Daily Habits, Healthy Habits

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

- Booker T. Washington

source: Booker T. Washington (1901). “An Autobiography: The Story of My Life and Work, the Original Brought Up-to-date with Over Half a Hundred Full Page Photo and Halftone Engravings and Drawings by Frank Beard”

topic: Inspirational, Life, Success, Best Success, Inspirational History

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.

- Bruce Lee

topic: Water, Mind, Empty, Dojo, Martial Arts Inspirational

Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend.

- Bruce Lee

source: "Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey". Documentary, Action, Biography, 2000.

topic: Inspirational, Inspiring, Learning, Martial Arts Inspirational, Meditation Mind

Removing old conditionings from the mind and training the mind to be more equaimous with every experience is the first step toward enabling one to experience true happiness.

- S. N. Goenka

topic: Training, Mind, Enabling, Training The Mind

What greater work is there than training the mind and forming the habits of the young?

- Saint John Chrysostom

topic: Education, Training, Mind, Training The Mind

No matter how many possessions we acquire, they will not provide us with any lasting happiness and freedom. On the contrary, it is often our pursuit of material possessions that causes our problems. If we want ultimate happiness and freedom from suffering, we must engage in the supreme practices of training the mind. There is no other way.

- Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

topic: Happiness, Freedom, Practice, Ultimate Happiness, Lasting Happiness

Breathing is central to every aspect of meditation training. It's a wonderful place to focus in training the mind to be calm and concentrated.

- Jon Kabat-Zinn

topic: Breathing, Focus, Meditation, Wonderful Places, Training The Mind

All human beings have an innate desire to overcome suffering, to find happiness. Training the mind to think differently, through meditation, is one important way to avoid suffering and be happy.

- Dalai Lama

topic: Training The Mind

Happiness is not the endless pursuit of pleasant experiences - that sounds more like a recipe for exhaustion - but a way of being that results from cultivating a benevolent mind, emotional balance, inner freedom, inner peace, and wisdom. Each of these qualities is a skill that can be enhanced through training the mind.

- Matthieu Ricard

source: "Happiness as a Skill" by Matthieu Ricard, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 30, 2017.

topic: Emotional, Skills, Inner Peace, Emotional Balance, Training The Mind

There are three kinds of violence: one, through our deeds; two, through our words; and three, through our thoughts. …The root of all violence is in the world of thoughts, and that is why training the mind is so important.

- Eknath Easwaran

source: Eknath Easwaran (2010). “Words to Live By: Short Readings of Daily Wisdom”, p.114, Nilgiri Press

topic: Two, Roots, Training, Training The Mind

Just as full sunlight completely dispels all darkness but even a few rays provide a measure of light, so, if we complete the practice of training the mind, we will totally dispel the darkness of our ignorance, but if we engage in only some parts of the practice, this will still help to reduce our ignorance and self-cherishing .

- Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

topic: Ignorance, Light, Self, Training The Mind

There is the path of karma, selfless action, the path of love and devotion, the path of training the mind and the path of Yoga, mantra and tantra this is what the various saints advocated.

- Mata Amritanandamayi

source: Source: www.edgemagazine.net

topic: Karma, Yoga, Training, Path Of Love, Tantra

Whether we consider the individual, family, local, national or international level, peace must arise from inner peace. For example, making prayers for peace while continuing to harbor anger is futile. Training the mind and overcoming your anger is much more effective than mere prayer. Anger, hatred and jealousy never solve problems, only affection, concern and respect can do that.

- Dalai Lama

topic: Prayer, Hatred, Inner Peace, Love And Affection, Training The Mind