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Inner Peace Quotes

    “He who always listens to what other people say about him will never find inner peace.”

    Leo Tolstoy, A Calendar of Wisdom (Page 77)

      “The first step in defeating the shadow is to abandon all notions of defeating it. The dark side of human nature thrives on war, struggle, and conflict. As soon as you talk about ‘winning,’ you have lost already.”

      Deepak Chopra, The Shadow Effect (Page 14)

        “Thinking about interior peace destroys interior peace. The patient who constantly feels his pulse is not getting any better.”

        Hubert van Zeller, via Sunbeams (Page 100)

          “The greatest portion of peace of mind is doing nothing wrong. Those who lack self-control live disoriented and disturbed lives.”

          Seneca, Moral Letters, via The Daily Stoic (Page 145)

            “People seek retreats for themselves in the country, by the sea, or in the mountains. You are very much in the habit of yearning for those same things. But this is entirely the trait of a base person, when you can, at any moment, find such a retreat in yourself. For nowhere can you find a more peaceful and less busy retreat than in your own soul—especially if on close inspection it is filled with ease, which I say is nothing more than being well-ordered. Treat yourself often to this retreat and be renewed.”

            Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, via The Daily Stoic (Page 91)

              “If a man knows what peace is, and what mind is, he cannot write a book entitled Peace of Mind, because mind is the cause of all unpeace, all restlessness. Peace is when there is no mind.”

              Osho, Courage (Page 45)

                “If you have a good seed and if you create the right atmosphere, it will sprout. Creating the right atmosphere of body and mind is the only work. You do not have to do anything else. No teachings of morality, no metaphysical discourses are needed. If your humanity is stirred, you are a beautiful human being.”

                Sadhguru, Inner Engineering (Page 187)

                  “The most beautiful moments in your life—what you might consider moments of bliss, joy, ecstasy, or utter peace—were moments when you were not thinking about anything at all. You were just being. Even without your thoughts, existence is.”

                  Sadhguru, Inner Engineering (Page 150)