Quotes For Inner Peace

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Peace of mind is not a goal I need achieve. It's a place inside I never want to leave. Close my eyes, I still my thoughts and then I say I will choose to live in peace today. -- Robert Alan We can only help make our lives and our world more peaceful, when we ourselves feel peace. Peace already exists within each of us, if we only allow ourselves to feel its comfort. Peace of mind begins when we stop thinking about how far we have to go, or how hard the road has been, and just let ourselves feel peace. Peace of mind gives us the strength to keep trying and keep walking along the path that we KNOW is right for our lives. -- Robert Alan

We refocus and rededicate our lives by allowing ourselves to feel inner peace so that we can once again see our greater purpose and know that our lives as peacebuilders are making a difference. We are part of a movement that has worked throughout history towards humanity's greatest goal - creating a culture of peace.
-- Robert Alan

People say "I want peace." If you remove I (ego), and your want (desire), you are left with peace.
-- Satya Sai Baba

"The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it."
-- Richard Bach

Spiritual energy brings compassion into the world.
-- Christina Baldwin

"Inner peace is beyond victory or defeat."
-- Bhagavad Gita

* "If you're looking for inner peace from the outside world, you're not going to get that. The inner peace starts with looking at you from the inside. Understanding that everything that comes to you is what you are. Everything from friends to boyfriends to the job you get - it's all a direct reflection of what you are on the inside." -- Mary J. Blige

I learned that the interior of life was as rewarding as the exterior of life, and that my richest moments occurred when I was absolutely still.
-- Richard Bode (b. 1931)

To be a soulful person means to go against all the pervasive, prove-yourself values of our culture and instead treasure what is unique and internal and valuable in yourself and your own personal evolution. ~ Jean Shinoda Bolen "We need to meditate on what is peaceful. Once we have 'filled up' in this way, we once again have an abundance of love to send out into the world." ~ Jean Shinoda Bolen

Without peace of mind, life is just a shadow of its possibilities.
-- Jean Borysenko

"History has shown us that our tendency to colonize and exploit other regions has always backfired. This planet can be made a happier, more peaceful place to live in, but the change will have to come from within the hearts of all of us living here."
Jagad Guru Chris Butler- Wisdom

"Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward."
-- Achaan Chah

"Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: you won't be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you."
-- Ajahn Chah

If there is light in the soul, there will be beauty in the person. If there is beauty in the person, there will be harmony in the house. If there is harmony in the house, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.
-- Chinese Proverb

Peace starts within each one of us. When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us. When our community is in a state of peace, it can share peace with neighboring communities, and so on. When we feel love and kindness towards others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace. -- 14th Dalai Lama

"When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us. When our community is in a state of peace, it can share that peace with neighboring communities."
-- 14th Dalai Lama

"Acquire inner peace and a multitude will find their salvation near you."
-- Catherine de Hueck Doherty

No one can get inner peace by pouncing on it, by vigorously willing to have it ... Peace is a consciousness of springs too deep for earthly droughts to dry up. Peace is the gift not of volitional struggle but of spiritual hospitality.
-- Harry Emerson Dosdick (1878-1969)

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action. -- Peter F. Drucker