J. Robert Oppenheimer Quotes

Freedom is not having everything we crave, it's being able to go without the things we crave and being OK with it.

Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.

Success isn't measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.

Do not let pleasure distract you from meditation, from the way. Free yourself from pleasure and pain.

Detachment is the beginning of mastery.

I will not look at another's bowl intent on finding fault: a training to be observed.

The richest grace of ahimsa will descend easily upon the owner of hard discipline.

The Bhagavad-Gita calls on humanity to dedicate body, mind and soul to pure duty and not to become mental voluptuaries at the mercy of random desires and undisciplined impulses.

Never speak out of anger, Never act out of fear, Never choose from impatience, But wait... and peace will appear.

Order means light and peace, inward liberty and free command over one's self; order is power.

Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.

Remember that even in war there is a time for restraint. A time to hold back your sword.

When discipline is sown, like a good seed, it yields a harvest of things that fulfill and satisfy us-things that make us happy and release peace and joy in our lives.

The good renounce everything. The pure don't babble about sensual desires. Whether touched by pleasure or pain, the wise show no change of temper.

In that power of self-control lies the seed of eternal freedom.

The purpose of a spiritual discipline is to give us a way to stop the war, not by our force of will, but organically, through understanding an gradual training.

It is not action or effort that we must surrender; it is self-will, and this is terribly difficult. You must do your best constantly, yet never allow yourself to become involved in whether things work out the way you want.

Freedom is secured not by the fulfillment of one's desires, but by the removal of desire.

Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day. If I succeed, I will give thanks. If I fail, I will seek his grace. And then, when this day is done, I will place my head on my pillow and rest.

Desirelessness or renunciation does not come for the mere talking about it.

If those who are sent to draw water begin by drinking themselves, the army is suffering from thirst.

The battle for self-discipline may leave you a bit bruised and battered but always a better person.

I will waste not even a precious second today in anger or hate or jealousy or selfishness. I know that the seeds I sow I will harvest, because every action, good or bad, is always followed by an equal reaction. I will plant only good seeds this day.

Give up all desire for enjoyment in earth or heaven. Control the organs of the senses and control the mind. Bear every misery without even knowing that you are miserable. Think of nothing but spiritual freedom.

For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant; later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.