28 quotes
“In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.”
— Deepak Chopra
“Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.”
— Hermann Hesse
“What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.”
— Plutarch
“Happiness depends upon ourselves more than upon external things.”
— Aristotle
“Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
“It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.”
“To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden.”
— Publilius Syrus
“Find the love you seek, by first finding the love within yourself. Learn to rest in that place within you that is your true home.”
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
“Compassion for others begins with kindness to ourselves.”
— Pema Chödrön
“Joy is not in things; it is in us.”
— Richard Wagner
“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”
— Gautama Buddha
“The contentment that comes from within is the only real wealth.”
— Thiruvalluvar
“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.”
— Epictetus
“Very little is needed to make a happy life it is all within yourself”
— Marcus Aurelius
— Buddha
“The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depend upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily.”
— Plato
“Solitude is where I place my chaos to rest and awaken my inner peace”
— Vicki Robin
“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.”
“The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation.”
— Milarepa
“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”
“First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.”
— Thomas à Kempis
“Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.”
“Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time”
“The soul that moves in the world of the senses and yet keeps the senses in harmony... finds rest in quietness.”
— Vyasa
“Settle yourself in solitude and you will come upon Him in yourself.”
— Teresa of Ávila
“The serenity of mind, gentleness, silence, self-restraint, and the purity of mind are called the austerity of thought.”
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