Asish

“Now he knew what it was that he wanted to tell Istanbul and write on its walls. It was both his public and his private view; it was what his heart intended as much as what his words had always meant to say. He said it to himself: “I have loved Rayiha more than anything in this world.”
― Orhan Pamuk, A Strangeness in My Mind

“If you
find your mind extremely active, then simply observe the nature and degree of that
activity. It is just a part of the passing show within.”
― Henepola Gunaratana, Mindfulness in Plain English

“Mindfulness reminds the mediator to apply his attention to the proper object at the proper time and to exert precisely the amount of energy needed to do the job.”
― Henepola Gunaratana, Mindfulness in Plain English

“Too much
awareness without calm to balance it will result in a wildly over-sensitized state similar to
abusing LSD. Too much concentration without a balancing ratio of awareness will result
in the 'Stone Buddha' syndrome. The meditator gets so tranquilized that he sits there like
a rock. Both of these are to be avoided.”
― Henepola Gunaratana, Mindfulness in Plain English