Peter McWilliams Quotes

Judge nothing, you will be happy. Forgive everything, you will be happier. Love everything, you will be happiest.

The biggest lesson I’ve learned is, “It’s okay.” It’s okay for me to be kind to myself. It’s okay to be wrong. It’s okay to get mad. It’s ok to be flawed. It’s okay to be happy. It’s okay to move on.

Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change other, but by simply accepting them as they are. True acceptance is always without demands and expectations.

With no guilt and no shame, no sorrow or blame. Whatever it is, we are all the same.

Letting yourself off the hook takes the stress away.

Spend 5 minutes breathing in, cherishing yourself; and, breathing out cherishing others. If you think about people you have difficulty cherishing, extend your cherishing to them anyway.

I don't burden myself too much with others' expectations - or even my own expectations. I think your happiness grows in direct proportion to your acceptance, and in inverse proportion to your expectations. It's just a matter of putting one foot in front of the other - or doing the next right thing, so to speak.

Practice can be stated very simply. It is moving from a life of hurting myself and others to a life of not hurting myself and others. That seems so simple-except when we substitute for real practice some idea that we should be different or better than we are, or that our lives should be different from the way they are. When we substitute our ideas about what should be (such notions as "I should not be angry or confused or unwilling") for our life as it truly is, then we're off base and our practice is barren.

I give myself the kindness and forgiveness I would show others.

The sooner one develops compassion in this journey, the better. Compassion lets us appreciate that each individual is doing what he or she must do, and that there is no reason to judge another person or oneself. You merely do what you can to further your own awakening.

Forgive yourself. Forgive others. Don't wait.

Forgive yourself for not being at peace.

You mustn’t wish for another life. You mustn’t want to be somebody else. What you must do is this: “Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks.” I am not all the way capable of so much, but those are the right instructions.

From a place of stillness, openness, forgiveness and acceptance you can renew your commitment to any eating plan you like.

Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.

Give out some love and you'll find peace sublime.

Loving others is easy when you love and accept yourself.

I am perfect as I am. Everything in my life is working just the way it should. I am loved, and I am love.

My experience with forgiveness is that it sort of comes spontaneously at a certain point and to try to force it it's not really forgiveness. It's Buddhist philosophy or something spiritual jargon that you're trying to live up to but you're just using it against yourself as a reason why you're not okay.

Metta is the ability to embrace all parts of ourselves, as well as all parts of the world. Practicing metta illuminates our inner integrity because it relieves us of the need to deny different aspects of ourselves.

Do not judge but love and be loved, if you want to be really happy.

No one can give you anything-love, shame, self-esteem- until you give it to yourself. Today, give yourself good things.

Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.

Try to feel and give only love and compassion to every one; you will be happy. Don't judge or hate anything. You will be unhappy.