You can look only when the mind is completely quiet.
It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.
When you make it a strong habit not to take anything personally, you avoid many upsets in your life. Your anger, jealousy, and envy will disappear, and even your sadness will simply disappear if you don’t take things personally.
That peace that we’re after, lies somewhere beyond personality, beyond the perception of others, beyond invention and disguise, even beyond effort itself. You can join the game, fight the wars, play with form all you want, but to find real peace, you have to let the armor fall.
Peace begins when expectation ends.
No expectations. Ask nothing, expect nothing and accept everything, and life is very well.
Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.
It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.
Why should you trouble yourself about the future? You do not even properly know about the present. Take care of the present, the future will take care of itself.
Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.
When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.
If one’s mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.
When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.
The inquiry “who am I” turns the mind inward and makes it calm.
When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved.
You are all searching for the silence of the mountain. But you’re looking for something outside. This silence is accessible to you right now, inside the center of your own being.
If it is peace you want, seek to change yourself, not other people. It is easier to protect your feet with slippers than to carpet the whole of the earth.
Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.
Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.