Henepola Gunaratana Quotes

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.

That peace which is within us, we must experience it. And if we are searching for peace outside we will never find the peace within.

Nothing in the world can take my peace away from me.

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.

A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.

One of my key realizations about happiness, and a point oddly under-emphasized by positive psychologists, given its emphasis in popular culture, is that outer order contributes to inner calm. More than it should.

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

A decision once taken brings peace to a man's mind and eases his soul.

I'm a Christian guy, and when it comes to my priorities, it's the utmost. For me, just to calm myself down, to keep my perspective when I'm playing, to not make too big a deal of it... that's where I go to. The peace that comes with that allows me to play free golf.

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.

Peace of mind for five minutes, that's what I crave.

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

Peace in the head, peace in the stomach.

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

The resolved mind hath no cares.

If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.

You do indeed have a past, but not now! And, yes, you have a future, but not now! You can consume your now with thoughts of 'then' and 'maybe,' but that will keep you from the inner peace you could experience.

A quiet mind cureth all.

I'm more relaxed and just feel like there's kind of a peace with myself.

Before I found my peace, I was way too much in my head. I found myself on the field in my own thoughts. I've learned that there's a time and a place for my thoughts. The most important thing when I'm on the field is to just be in the moment and let it all go.

It's the nature of the mind to drift away. The mind is like the Pacific Ocean, it waves. And mindfulness has been shown to drop underneath the waves. If you drop underneath the agitation in the mind, into your breath deep enough calmness, gentle undulations.

Meditation stops the sound-loving mind.

For this game you need, above all things, to be in a tranquil frame of mind.

Try a little harder, and meditation comes. You do not feel the body or anything else. When you come out of it after the hour, you have had the most beautiful rest you ever had in your life. That is the only way you ever give rest to your system. Not even the deepest sleep will give you such a rest as that.

There is no happiness until the mind is still. The cause of all sickness and sadness is the fluctuation of the mind.