Inner Peace Quotes

"Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life." "Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal." "One who acts on truth is happy in this world and beyond." "Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame." "Our life is shaped by our mind. We become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves." "Don’t run after pleasure and neglect the practice of meditation. If you forget the goal of life and get caught in the pleasures of the world, you will come to envy those who put meditation first." "She who knows life flows, feels no wear or tear, needs no mending or repair." "Looking deeply at life as it is in this very moment, the meditator dwells in stability and freedom." "Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace." "Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom." "Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten." "Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind." "A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated — this is the greatest blessing." "Everything in moderation, including moderation." "Offend in neither word nor deed. Eat with moderation. Live in your heart. Seek the highest consciousness. Master yourself according to the law. This is the simple teaching of the awakened." "Know from the rivers in clefts and in crevices: those in small channels flow noisily, the great flow silent. Whatever’s not full makes noise. Whatever is full is quiet." "If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts happiness follows him like his never-departing shadow." "The one who has conquered himself is a far greater hero than he who has defeated a thousand times a thousand men." "My wealth is in my knowledge of self, love, and spirituality." "My faith helps me understand that circumstances don’t dictate my happiness, my inner peace."