"The problem with depression is that you don't notice it. By making mindfulness a part of my daily routine, I found a way to keep my ear to the ground and listen to the warning signs - those whispers of the earth that precede the earthquake."

"Mindfulness means that I observe the world around me carefully in a non-judgmental way; that I take a step back and don't constantly try to change everything - not because I choose to live in carelessness, but because I want to become a detached witness of situations. Mindfulness is not something complicated, but something that we can all do: to start seeing things as they are."

"By practicing mindfulness, you end up taming the wild horse that lives within you. If you whip it and treat it cruelly, it is most likely to throw you to the ground and trample on you. The same applies to the mind."

"The next step in the history of human evolution will have to do with expanding the limited perception we have of the world and of ourselves."

Ruby Wax