The only antidote to chaos is peace itself.
The busyness of things obscures our concentration on God ... Never let a hurried lifestyle disturb the relationship of abiding in Him. This is an easy thing to allow, but we must guard against it.
Peace is something that we become. Once we become peace, then only can we give peace to the world and receive peace from the world.
The time of business does not differ with me from the time of prayer; and in the noise and clatter of my kitchen, while several persons are at the same time calling for different things, I possess God in as great tranquility as if I were on my knees.
Free from passion and desire, you have stripped the thorns from the stem.
The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but thought about it. Be aware of the thoughts you are thinking. Separate them from the situation, which is always neutral. It is as it is.
Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.
On the occasions when I have pondered over men's various activities, the dangers and worries they are exposed to at Court or at war, from which so many quarrels, passions, risky, often ill-conceived actions and so on are born, I have often said that man's unhappiness springs from one thing alone, his incapacity to stay quietly in one room.
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
Religion and ritual can be vehicles for entering stillness. It says in Psalm 46:10, 'Be still, and know that I am God.' But they are still just vehicles. The Buddha called his teaching a raft: You don't need to carry it around with you after you've crossed the river.
Not to be able to stop thinking is a dreadful affliction, but we don't realize this because almost everyone is suffering from it, so it is considered normal. This incessant mental noise prevents you from finding that realm of inner stillness that is inseparable from Being.
There is no such thing as perpetual tranquillity of mind while we live here; because life itself is but motion, and can never be without desire, nor without fear, no more than without sense.
If you cannot find peace in yourself, it is useless to look for it elsewhere.
I long for the imperishable quiet at the heart of form.
When a man has made peace within himself, he will be able to make peace in the whole world.
Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy.
Through wind, and tempest, storm, and rain; The calm shall be buried inside of me; A warm stone, heavy and dry; The root, the source, a weapon against pain
Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
St. Louis is the best thing that ever happened to me. I needed that peace in my life. And I've always been a semi-country boy.
Vow to seek a Calm Inner Response to the Circumstances of your Life
Either worrying drives out prayer, or prayer drives out worrying.
External silence can be the doorway to inner silence.
When you've seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there.
I haven't had a single thought for 26 years. I have only understanding. It's somewhat complicated to understand that. I've hardly ever spoken about it. You're in a state of total peace of mind. A kind of nirvana.
It is only in a very quiet mind that great things are born; and a quiet mind does not come about through effort, through control, through discipline.
