Peace is not just the mere absence of violence or disturbance. It’s when there is a possibility of conflict, but you deliberately avoid violence and adopt methods to solve the problem through peaceful means. That is real peace.
The source of peace is within us; so also the source of war. And the real enemy is within us, and not outside. The source of war is not the existence of nuclear weapons or other arms. It is the minds of human beings who decide to push the button and to use those arms out of hatred, anger or greed.
So long as we are under the control of disturbing emotions, real happiness is hard to find.
If we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster!
Anger, jealousy, impatience, and hatred are the real troublemakers, with them problems cannot be solved.
People should not rush to change religions. There is real value in finding the spiritual resources you need in your home religion. Even secular humanism has great spiritual resources; it is almost like a religion to me.
If you want others to like you, if you want to develop real friendships, if you want to help others at the same time as you help yourself, keep this principle in mind: Become genuinely interested in other people.
If we merely try to impress people and get people interested in us, we will never have many true, sincere friends. Friends, real friends, are not made that way.
If you have a group of people come together around a vision for real discipleship, people who are committed to grow, committed to change, committed to learn, then a spiritual assessment tool can work.
In the real world, those of us who are most productive, successful, and satisfied focus not on fixing feelings or manipulating thoughts, but on what needs to be done-and then doing it-no matter what thoughts or feelings arise.
The real challenge of acting for me, I suppose, is just getting to know a character very, very well and just applying what I know about them to every single scene. That’s what it can be broken down to.
What I learned is that acting is to a large extent about trying to stave off self-doubt long enough to be natural and real onstage.
Yes, in all my research, the greatest leaders looked inward and were able to tell a good story with authenticity and passion.
The possibility of stepping into a higher plane is quite real for everyone. It requires no force or effort or sacrifice. It involves little more than changing our ideas about what is normal.
The more boundless your vision, the more real you are.
Without silence, there cannot be any real appreciation in life, which is as delicate in its inner fabric as a closed rosebud.
Real happiness is when you are happy for no reason at all; you are simply being.
Base your happiness on being real, not on illusions and expectations.
Our real reality is beyond the five senses.
Nothing is more important than reconnecting with your bliss. Nothing is as rich. Nothing is more real.