Richelle Mead Quotes

We who live in quiet places have the opportunity to become acquainted with ourselves, to think our own thoughts and live our own lives in a way that is not possible for those keeping up with the crowd.

Once you get in a position where your rent is taken care of and you do have a job, you really get to deal with yourself and really become one with yourself. And you wake to your mind every day. That's your best friend and your worst enemy - your own brain.

My goal is to get quieter as I get older.

I'm at a point in my life where I have something solid now. I'm a peaceful person, and I want to be surrounded by peace no matter what I'm doing.

Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.

I have a more developed sense of my priorities. Life has so much more meaning now.

Be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence.

I know that balance that I need to have in my life.

I just want to find some inner peace, and I think I'm getting there, slowly but surely.

Especially when you have a lot going on, you must find a way to unplug and focus on yourself.

It turns out that our ability to connect with other people is driven by our ability to connect deeply with ourselves. And that can be just a few minutes sitting on your porch feeling the breeze against your face. That can be a few moments spent in meditation or in prayer or remembering three things you're grateful for.

In this life, we are in a constant search for inner peace. We long for it in all aspects of our lives, both personally and professionally. The truth is that we cannot have inner peace without balance. It seems that having too much or too little of anything completely throws off our balance, therefore limiting our inner peace.

Focus your mind on what your Highest Self chooses to be.

The question we need to ask ourselves is whether there is any place we can stand in ourselves where we can look at all that's happening around us without freaking out, where we can be quiet enough to hear our predicament, and where we can begin to find ways of acting that are at least not contributing to further destabilization.

When you stop searching and you calm down and you put your books away, and you confront yourself and see what you are all about, that will bring about bliss faster than anything you can ever imagine or ever do.

Its never too late to take a moment to look.

You're in a fight and have to dig down... I find peace in that and enjoy it.

Be lowly wise: Think only what concerns thee and thy being.

I am centered and focused. I feel more secure each day

No distractions. Center yourself. This is your time.

I could spend two years cross-legged on my floor and feel like I was working.

Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around.

I listen to music a lot, if I need to get into a particular space. I do stretching and breathing, and take time to mostly be quiet and find the stillness. I think that's important.

Nothing, to my way of thinking, is a better proof of a well-ordered mind than a man's ability to stop just where he is and pass some time in his own company.

I need to just find my own peace.