Inner Peace Quotes - Page 6

• The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

  Attitude, Positive Thinking, Men

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• If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time.

  Josh Billings

  Funny, Happiness, Happy

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• If frugality were established in the state, and if our expenses were laid out to meet needs rather than superfluities of life, there might be fewer wants, and even fewer pleasures, but infinitely more happiness.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Life, Happiness, Needs

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• Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.

  Hermann Hesse

  Happiness, Being Happy, You Make Me Happy

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• Happiness is a by-product. You cannot pursue it by itself.

  Sam Levenson

  Happiness, Happy, Pursue

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• Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.

  Theodore Isaac Rubin

  Happiness, Uplifting, Funny Inspirational

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• The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Happiness, Secret

  Bertrand Russell (2015). “The Conquest of Happiness”, p.90, Lulu Press, Inc

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• If we have a positive mental attitude, then even when surrounded by hostility, we shall not lack inner peace.

  Dalai Lama

  Attitude, Ifs, Hostility

  "5 Ways to Peace for Control Freaks" by Kathryn Remati, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 20, 2015.

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• Praise & esteem can feel good, which is fine, but don't look to them for inner peace & lasting happiness.

  Allan Lokos

  Lasting Happiness, Meditation, Feel Good

  Allan Lokos (2012). “Patience: The Art of Peaceful Living”, p.144, Penguin

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• Those who have little interest in spirituality shouldn’t think that human inner values don’t apply to you. The inner peace of an alert and calm mind are the source of real happiness and good health. Our human intelligence tells us which of our emotions are positive and helpful and which are damaging and to be restrained or avoided.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Happiness, Real

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• Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.

  Deepak Chopra

  Happiness, Happy, Spiritual

  Twitter post from Jul 24, 2014

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• Happiness is spiritual, born of truth and love. It is unselfish; therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it.

  Mary Baker Eddy

  Happiness, Spiritual, And Love

  Mary Baker Eddy (2014). “Science And Health”, p.74, Jazzybee Verlag

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• If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Encouragement, Integrity, Niece

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “Society and Solitude: Twelve Chapters”, p.80, London S. Low, Son & Marston 1870.

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• If you have peace of mind, when you meet with problems and difficulties they won’t disturb your inner peace. You’ll be able to employ your human intelligence more effectively. But, if your mental state is disturbed, full of emotion, it is very difficult to cope with problems, because the mind that is full of emotion is biased, unable to see reality. So whatever you do will be unrealistic and naturally fail.

  Dalai Lama

  Reality, Mind, Able

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• Most pointedly, nature-based people manifest the very qualities that contemporary psychotherapy, the recovery movement, and spiritual practices continually aim for: a visible sense of inner peace, unselfconscious humility, an urge to communal cooperation, and heartfelt appreciation for the world around them.

  Chellis Glendinning

  Spiritual, Appreciation, Recovery

  Chellis Glendinning (2007). “My Name Is Chellis and I'm in Recovery from Western Civilization”

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• Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness, evil - or else an absolute ignorance.

  Graham Greene

  Happiness, Ignorance, Men

  Graham Greene (1960). “The Heart of The Matter”

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• Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens.

  Douglas William Jerrold

  Happiness, Happy, Gratitude

  Douglas William Jerrold, Blanchard Jerrold (1859). “Specimens of Douglas Jerrold's wit: together with selections, chiefly from his contributions to journals, intended to illustrate his opinions”, p.168

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• To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

  Samuel Johnson

  Happiness, Trying, Conquer

  Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1837). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius /c by Arthur Murphy, Esq”, p.343

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• The way to develop inner peace through meditation begins with the recognition that the destroyer of inner peace is not some external foe, but is within us. Therefore, the solution is within us too. However, that inner change does not take place immediately in the way that we switch on a light, but takes weeks, months and years.

  Dalai Lama

  Light, Years, Meditation

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• In asking for miracles, we are seeking a practical goal: a return to inner peace. We’re not asking for something outside us to change, but for something inside us to change. We’re looking for a softer orientation to life.

  Marianne Williamson

  Goal, Miracle, Asking

  Marianne Williamson (1992). “A return to love: reflections on the principles of "A course in miracles"”

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• Happiness... is not a destination: it is a manner of traveling. Happiness is not an end in itself. It is a by-product of working, playing, loving and living.

  Haim Ginott

  Happiness, Ends, Destination

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• It's a waste to chase the pipe dream of a magical tiny theory that allows us to make quick and detailed calculations about the future. We can't predict and we can't control. To accept this can be a source of liberation and inner peace. We're part of the unfolding world, surfing the chaotic waves.

  Rudy Rucker

  Dream, Surfing, World

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• If there is peace in your mind you will find peace with everybody. If your mind is agitated you will find agitation everywhere. So first find peace within and you will see this inner peace reflected everywhere else. You are this peace!

  H. W. L. Poonja

  Negativity, Mind, Agitation

  H. W. L. Poonja, Prashanti De Jager (2000). “The Truth Is”, p.188, Weiser Books

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• Happiness is a state of activity.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Happiness, Being Happy

  Aristotle (1998). “The Politics”, p.428, OUP Oxford

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• Something wonderful begins to happen with the simple realization that life, like an automobile, is driven from the inside out, not the other way around. As you focus more on becoming more peaceful with where you are, rather than focusing on where you would rather be, you begin to find peace right now, in the present. Then, as you move around, try new things, and meet new people, you carry that sense of inner peace with you. It's absolutely true that, "Wherever you go, there you are.

  Richard Carlson

  Peace, Moving, Simple

  Richard Carlson (1998). “Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, and It's All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life”, MacMillan Publishing Company

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