Smile; breathe and go slowly. ~Thich Nhat Hanh


Focusing on the act of breathing clears the mind of all daily distractions and clears our energy enabling us to better connect with the Spirit within. ~Author Unknown


When the breath wanders the mind also is unsteady. But when the breath is calmed the mind too will be still; and the yogi achieves long life. Therefore; one should learn to control the breath. ~Svatmarama; Hatha Yoga Pradipika


In an underdeveloped country; don't drink the water; in a developed country; don't breathe the air. ~Changing Times magazine


Breathing is the greatest pleasure in life. ~Giovanni Papini


To live is not breathing it is action. ~Jean-Jacques Rousseau


I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart:? I am; I am; I am. ~Sylvia Plath


Breath is Spirit. The act of breathing is Living. ~Author Unknown


The best things in life are nearest:? Breath in your nostrils; light in your eyes; flowers at your feet; duties at your hand; the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars; but do life's plain; common work as it comes; certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things in life. ~Robert Louis Stevenson


For breath is life; and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb


Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air; is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies. ~Erich Fromm


A healthy mind has an easy breath. ~Author Unknown


Inhale; and God approaches you. Hold the inhalation; and God remains with you. Exhale; and you approach God. Hold the exhalation; and surrender to God. ~Krishnamacharya


Fear less; hope more; eat less; chew more; whine less; breathe more; talk less; say more; hate less; love more; and all good things are yours. ~Swedish Proverb


What can we do but keep on breathing in and out; modest and willing; and in our places?? ~Mary Oliver


If you woke up breathing; congratulations!? You have another chance. ~Andrea Boydston


Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure. ~Oprah Winfrey


The nose is for breathing; the mouth is for eating. ~Proverb


Freedom is strangely ephemeral. It is something like breathing; one only becomes acutely aware of its importance when one is choking. ~William E. Simon


You know that our breathing is the inhaling and exhaling of air. The organ that serves for this is the lungs that lie round the heart; so that the air passing through them thereby envelops the heart. Thus breathing is a natural way to the heart. And so; having collected your mind within you; lead it into the channel of breathing through which air reaches the heart and; together with this inhaled air; force your mind to descend into the heart and to remain there. ~Nicephorus the Solitary


Angels are all around us; all the time; in the very air we breathe. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman; 1994