Michel de Montaigne Quotes

A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants. To happiness the same applies as to truth: one does not have it, but is in it.

Your outer journey may contain a million steps; your inner journey only has one: the step you are taking right now.

So it is necessary that we should learn to be alone.

To travel is to take a journey into yourself.

To ignore one's spiritual self is unsettling, to say the least. That's a very profound outlook on it.

The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.

Devotion begins at home, inside your own awareness.

Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself.

It only seems that there is something more important for you to do than to just quietly be yourself.

If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.

I began to live as if there were no one save God and me in the world.

The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

Self-Realization Fellowship seemed like training. It was the training ground for finding a sense of peace in myself. Because that's my job. It's no one else's.

You're just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You've got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It's all down to you, mate.

Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!

I wanted to share the experience of how yoga and meditation have transformed my life, how they have enabled me to observe who I am, first in my body, and then emotionally, and on to a kind of spiritual path.

The greatest gift that you can give yourself is a little bit of your own attention.

A lot of people think I live in a soul bubble.

In focusing towards the outer world, we celebs forget to focus on our inner well-being. We don't lead perfect lives, and only when we learn to have peace with our family members can we have peace in life.

I had to find some clarity about approaching life more spiritually. I think I'm kind of dense, and it makes me pull the process into mind and struggle over it in finding the path.

If I'd been a parent to myself, I would have been scared because I was only ever interested in my own thoughts.

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

The great thing about chess is it's a game for oneself. You don't work on what you can't control, you just work on yourself. And I think if more people did that, we'd all be a lot better off.