John Dryden Quotes

My conscience is clean.

I feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience.

The still lake without ripples is an image of our minds at ease, so full of unlimited friendliness for all the junk at the bottom of the lake that we don't feel the need to churn up the waters just to avoid looking at what's there.

Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends! Hath he not always treasures, always friends, The good great man? Three treasures, love and light, And calm thoughts, regular as infants' breath; And three firm friends, more sure than day and night, Himself, his Maker, and the angel Death.

While conscience is our friend, all is at peace; however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind.

One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.

Prayer provides an opportunity to remind oneself of how one should be living, our responsibilities to others, our own failings, and our relative good fortune, should we have it. This is, I think, a pretty worthwhile practice and it is not something you can only do if you believe you are talking to an unseen creator.

I feel beautiful when I'm at peace with myself. When I'm serene, when I'm a good person, when I've been considerate of others.

If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.

I have a very clear conscience.

In whosever presence you find peace of mind, devoid of fear, only that person can be your guru.

There is no pillow as soft as a clear conscience.

Only let the moving waters calm down, and the sun and moon will be reflected on the surface of your being.

Remember that you will create peace only when you are peaceful.

In stillness the muddied water returns to clarity.

A quiet conscience makes one so serene.

A good conscience is the best looking-glass of heaven.

For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostratebefore the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beastsbut rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace.

Peace begins When expectation ends.

No outward change need trouble him who is inwardly serene.

Everyone wants peace, inside and outside, and we would all have it if we knew how. Now we know how. It begins with you.

Still, there is a calm, pure harmony, and music inside of me.

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

A good conscience is a continual feast.

Let go of the battle. Breathe quietly and let it be. Let your body relax and your heart soften. Open to whatever you experience without fighting.