Don’t go into the new year holding a grudge from last year. Leave the hurts and disappointments behind.
Trusting God’s plan is the only secret I know in the gentle art of not freaking out.
A person whose mind is quiet and satisfied in God is in the pathway to health.
I am no longer anxious about anything, as I realize that He is able to carry out His will for me. It does not matter where He places me, or how. That is for Him to consider, not me, for in the easiest positions He will give me grace, and in the most difficult ones His grace is sufficient.
If you can win over your mind, you can win over the whole world.
I – Want – Peace, I is ego, Want is desire; Remove ego and desire and you have peace.
You can develop the right mental attitude when you realize that nothing external can upset you or hurt you without your mental consent.
Practice peace, change your world.
Don’t belong to anything. Don’t belong to anyone. Just Be. Feel your Being first and foremost, and don’t compare or compete. Just Be your Being.
If there is no peace in the minds of individuals, how can there be peace in the world? Make peace in your own mind first.
The only conversion involved in Vipassana is from misery to happiness, from bondage to liberation.
For real happiness, for real lasting stable happiness, one has to make a journey deep within oneself and see that one gets rid of all the unhappiness and misery stored in the deeper levels of the mind.
One should not be happy or distressed over desirables and undesirables, knowing that such feelings are just created by the mind.
Do not look at anybody in terms of friend or foe, brother or cousin; do not fritter away your mental energies in thoughts of friendship or enemity. Seeking the Self everywhere, be amiable and equal-minded towards all, treating all alike.
A man may conquer a million men in battle but one who conquers himself is, indeed, the greatest of conquerors.
Be a lamp to yourself. Be your own confidence. Hold on to the truth within yourself as to the only truth.
The mind is the source of happiness and unhappiness.
You already have everything you need to be content. Your real work is to do whatever it takes to realize that.
Without inner peace, outer peace is impossible.
In an easy and relaxed manner, in a healthy and positive way, in its own perfect time.