Quotes About Peace

Of course, there are dozens of meditation techniques, but it all comes down to this - just let it all be.

The Buddha told his disciple Ananda to see impermanence, to see death with every breath. We must know death; we must die in order to live. What does that mean? To die is to come to the end of our doubts, all our questions, and just be here with the present reality. You can never die tomorrow; you must die now. Can you do it? If you can do it, you will know the peace of no more questions.

Anyone can build a house of wood and bricks, but the Buddha taught us that sort of home is not our real home. It's a home in the world and it follows the ways of the world. Our real home is inner peace.

Politics is not just about power and money games, politics can be about the improvement of people's lives, about lessening human suffering in our world and bringing about more peace and more justice. -Paul Wellstone (Minnesota Senator, Al Franken predecessor)

The sole cause of a man's unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in his room.

In the immediate vicinity, there might well be stability and peace. In the garden, a breeze may be swaying the branches of the plum tree and dust may slowly be gathering on the bookshelves in the living room. But we are aware that such serenity does not do justice to the chaotic and violent fundamentals of existence and hence, after a time, it has a a habit of growing worrisome in its own way.

Those who love and those who are happy are not the same.

There is an easy way to measure our inner levels of abjectness and friendliness to ourselves: we should examine how well we response to noise.

Insomnia can, when it goes on for weeks, be hell. But in smaller doses -- a night here and there -- it doesn't always need a cure. It may even be an asset, a help with some key troubles of the soul. Crucial insights that we need to convey to ourselves can often be received only at night, like city church bells that have to wait until dark to be heard.

Her mother always said one should never go to bed on an argument.

Rachel smiled, somehow no longer afraid, and went back to bed: surrounded by darkness yet enfolded in light.

ACIM states that you will be appalled when you realize what you are truly here for (T-17.V.5:6). You thought you were here to get stuff, prove yourself, and find people to love you. Instead you are here get peace, be yourself, and find people to love. You thought you were here to fix the world. Instead you are here to appreciate what is before you and see the world through new eyes.

When you finally give up striving, you will be left with what you have been striving for.

If you want to find God, hang out in the space between your thoughts.

Be at peace with your choices. They all serve you.

Do not wait for the future to be happy. You are happy now, or you are not.

Knowledge is power, but wisdom is peace.

You cannot afford to allow your happiness to depend on any external situation. You must find the source of your happiness within you. Then nothing in the outside world will be able to remove your peace.

Our culture has more to gain from inner stillness than incessant pushing.

Torturarnos a nosotros mismos o a los demás por alguna razón es una historia enfermiza de creación propia. Nada de eso es necesario.

If you fear looking at your true self, you'll find many ways to distract yourself from it. Busyness, drama, and addictions are ways of avoiding facing yourself. To find the peace you seek, stop running and just he. Get to know who you really are. Remember the wholeness you felt before you joined the rush to nowhere. Then you'll recognize yourself through the eyes of love, and everything will be different.

Don't go to pieces. Go to peace.

If you know you live in an abundant universe, you trust that you have enough time to do what you need to do. When we are in the consciousness of peace, time becomes elastic; it will expand or contract to accommodate our purpose.

no es necesario que sufras para tener derecho a sentirte bien, como tampoco es necesario que te pelees para disfrutar del sexo.