Quotes About Inner

The more rich a soul is on the inside, the less need it has of luxuries on the outside.

Neglect of watching, prayer and mortifications produces an inner weariness about being too close to the Lord.

It was only after Adam and Eve had by sin lost the inner effulgence of grace that they became conscious of the fact that they were naked. They felt the need for clothes to cover their newfound shame; previously their bodies had Glowed with a man mantle of charity woven by the fingers of God. It is almost universally true that excessive external display betrays an inner poverty and nakedness of the soul

Solitude can be very rewarding and full of blessing because in the silence of the inner being, one finds God

Tant de choses qu'on imagine quand on est tout seul, et de la tempête dehors!

He was only a person on the outside and... his insides were ashes mixed with coins and a brain.

What we feel compelled to do, whether it's making art or giving your life to God, evolves out of the inner fabric of our lives, however disguised the patterns may be to us. The work, the vocation, is an attempt on the part of the would-be artist to fulfill in an inner way, in a symbolic way, what the outer world is failing to provide him with in the service of wholeness.

Eventually, we reach the point where we start to realize that we are not going to find peace, contentment, happiness, strength, fearlessness - all of the things that in our heart of hearts we wish we had - outside of us.

Make the wise man within you your living ideal.

The only journey is the one within.

Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.

We must go beyond the constant clamor of ego, beyond the tools of logic and reason, to the still, calm place within us: the realm of the soul.

Every man has a wild beast within him.

Happiness is your own treasure because it lies within you.

From my point of view, God is the light that illuminates the darkness, even if it does not dissolve it, and a spark of divine light is within each of us.

We can find Nature outside us only if we have first learned to know her within us. What is akin to her within us must be our guide. This marks out our path of enquiry.

Sometimes you have to go places with characters and emotions within yourself you don't want to do, but you have a duty to the story and as a storyteller to do it.

Everyone has monsters and demons within themselves. They're metaphors for the human condition.

Revenge only engenders violence, not clarity and true peace. I think liberation must come from within.

There's no reality except the one contained within us. That's why so many people live an unreal life. They take images outside them for reality and never allow the world within them to assert itself.

I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.

I guess maybe there is two sides of me - the nice guy and then the beast within.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.