Inner Peace Quotes

"Free your mind" "Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose" "The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there." "Peace can be made only by those who are peaceful, and love can be shown only by those who love." "But I'll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you'll come to understand that you're connected with everything." "Before I can live with other folks, I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience" "They’re certainly entitled to think that, and they’re entitled to full respect for their opinions... but before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself" "World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion." "We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses." "Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into" "The wild is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit " "Silence is a source of great strength." "To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders to." "Friendship with oneself is all-important because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world" "A rational person can find peace by cultivating indifference to things outside of their control" "We need to start focusing on what matters - on how we feel, and how we feel about ourselves." "It is better to be alone than in bad company." "Rest, peace, silence, and solitude are positive words. They do not connote weakness or punishment." "The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you and all it contains." "Flow is the process of achieving happiness through control over one's inner life"