Quotes About Awareness

When we start to feel anxious or depressed, instead of asking, "What do I need to get to be happy?" The question becomes, "What am I doing to disturb the inner peace that I already have?"

The greatest danger to our future is apathy.

Peace doesn't require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.

Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: You won't be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.

The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.

Only the present moment contains life.

My stroke of insight would be: peace is only a thought away, and all we have to do to access it is silence the voice of our dominating left mind.

If you think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive.

The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision.

All that we are looking for in life - all the happiness, contentment, and peace of mind - is right here in the present moment.

The price of peace is eternal vigilance

Nothing we do has the quickness, the sureness, the deep intelligence living at peace would have.

Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.

I suffer because my interactions with others do not meet the expectations I did not know I had.

The Buddha's dharma didn't teach peace and relaxation; it taught awakening—often rude awakening.

Something is happening because of silence, because of peace, because of silence; if your mind is silent, if your mind is quiet, there is God, there is silence, this is the silence that is contagious.

You cannot perceive beauty but with a serene mind.

Live in joy, luminosity, and peace even among the troubles of the world. Remember who you are.

Peace can reign only where there is no disturbance, and disturbance is due to thoughts that arise in the mind.

We aren't going to have peace on Earth until we recognize the basic fact of the interrelated structure of all reality.

There is no peace that cannot be found in the present moment.

Do not blindly believe what others say. See for yourself what brings contentment, clarity and peace. That is the path for you to follow.

If there's no world 'out there' what are you reacting to? Ask yourself that question every moment of every day when your peace is disturbed.

Enlightenment, peace, and joy will not be granted by someone else. The well is within us, And if we dig deeply in the present moment, The water will spring forth.