Quotes About Peace

Fortify yourself with contentment for this is an impregnable fortress.

No one can steal your peace of mind unless you let them.

Reading should serve the goal of attaining peace; if it doesn't make you peaceful, what good is it?

It is better to starve to death in a calm and confident state of mind than to live anxiously amidst abundance. And

Rahats?z edici bir sorunun sakin bir ÅŸekilde üstesinden gelmek, benim içsel huzurum için ödediÄŸim bedeldir. Kayg? ve endiÅŸeden özgür kalmam için ödediÄŸim ÅŸeydir; iÅŸe yaramaz bir ÅŸey için deÄŸil.

Asked, Who is the rich man? Epictetus replied, He who is content.

the same thing, really, that we all want: to live in peace, to be happy, to do as we like and never be foiled or forced to act against our wishes.

What is the product of virtue? Tranquillity.

When you are alone, you should call this tranquility and freedom and when you are with many you shouldn't call this a crowd, or trouble or uneasiness but festival and company and contentedly accept it.

Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.

Ask not that events should happen as you will, but let your will be that events should happen that you will have peace.

Kein Mensch, der in Furcht oder Sorge oder Chaos lebt, ist frei, aber wer sich von Sorgen, Furcht und Chaos befreit, wird dadurch auch aus der Sklaverei befreit.

There is one road to peace and happiness (keep the thought near by morning, noon and night): renunciation of externals;

When you are by yourself you should call it peace and liberty, and consider yourself the gods' equal. When you're with a large group you shouldn't say you're in a mob or crowd, but a guest at a feast or festival – and in that spirit learn to enjoy it.

I must be exiled; but is there anything to keep me from going with a smile, calm and self-composed?

Ask not that events should happen as you will, but let your will be that events should happen as they do, and you shall have peace.

Don't hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way they happen: this is the path to peace.

Let someone transfer these opinions to the workings of the will, and I personally guarantee his peace of mind, no matter what his outward circumstances are like.

If you wish to have peace and contentment, release your attachment to all things outside your control.

it is no easy feat to hold onto your inner harmony while collecting accolades. When grasping for one, you are likely to drop the other.

Are the Trojans wise or foolish? If they are wise, do not quarrel with them; if they are fools, ignore them.

Where are you going to find serenity and independence – in something free, or something enslaved?

If you wish to have peace and contentment, release your attachment to all things outside your control. This is the path of freedom and happiness.

If you wish to have peace and contentment, release your attachment to all things outside your control. This is the path of freedom and happiness. If you want not just peace and contentment, but power and wealth too, you may forfeit the former in seeking the latter, and will lose your freedom and happiness along the way.