Richard G. Scott Quotes

When our mind is calm, we’re better able to find peace of mind and live a joyful life.

Real bliss is to have peace of mind.

To be happy is only to have freed one's soul from the unrest of unhappiness.

That which is false troubles the heart, but truth brings joyous tranquillity.

All I want is to live a peaceful life, to regain my life and be happy.

Freedom from care and anxiety of mind is a blessing, which I apprehend such people enjoy in higher perfection than most others, and is of the utmost consequence.

But take comfort in that I die at peace with the world and myself - not afraid.

An honest man's pillow is his peace of mind.

Thou seest how few be the things, the which if a man has at his command his life flows gently on and is divine.

I'm on my way to happiness, where I can find some peace and rest.

Supreme happiness consists in self-content; that we may gain this self-content, we are placed upon this earth and endowed with freedom.

To get up in the morning, wash and then wait for some unforeseen variety of dread or depression. I would give the whole universe and all of Shakespeare for a grain of ataraxy.

I finally found me a cloud to float on.

Peace fell upon her spirit. Strong comfort and assurance bathed her whole being. Life was so solid and splendid, and so good.

Nobody owns anything but everyone is rich - for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety?

Whose happiness is so firmly established that he has no quarrel from any side with his estate of life?

Power is not happiness. Security and peace are more to be desired than a name at which nations tremble.

Whenever we practise meditation, whether or not our meditation is clear, we are performing a virtuous mental action that is a cause of our future happiness and peace of mind.

A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

Contentment, as it is a short road and pleasant, has great delight and little trouble.

There are lots of ways of being miserable, but there's only one way of being comfortable, and that is to stop running round after happiness. If you make up your mind not to be happy there's no reason why you shouldn't have a fairly good time.

Drop guilt! - because to be guilty is to live in hell. Not being guilty, you will have the freshness of dewdrops in the early morning sun, you will have the freshness of lotus petals in the lake, you will have the freshness of the stars in the night. Once guilt disappears you will have a totally different kind of life, luminous and radiant. You will have a dance to your feet and your heart will be singing a thousand and one songs.

When the turbulence of distracting thoughts subside and our mind becomes still, a deep happiness and contentment naturally arises from within.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

If your mind is still, you're the happiest.