Dogen Zenji Quotes

Peace-not passion, not personal possessions, not personal accomplishments nor happiness-is one of the greatest blessings a man can receive.

There is nothing your highest self wants more than peace.

The goal of meditation is precisely to make your mind smooth and manageable so that it can be concentrated or relaxed at will; and especially to free it from the tyranny of mental afflictions and confusion

I always have kind of underneath feeling of peace of mind that I get from just the basic tenants of spirituality.

Fearlessness presupposes calmness and peace of mind.

We are not only celebrating International Yoga day, we are training the human mind to begin a new era of peace, Sadbhavana.

The more we control our mind, the more our inner peace increases and the happier we become

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.

If you scramble about in search of inner peace, you will lose your inner peace.

Yoga is the stilling of the fluctuations of the mind.

Cultivate peace of mind which does not separate one's self from one's surroundings. When that is done successfully, then everything else follows naturally.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

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

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

Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.

You'll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart.

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.

Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give - pleasure, possessions, power - but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy.

Sometimes you can find peace of mind by transferring yourself to different situations. They're just reminders to stay... calm.

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

If you can't find peace inside, you'll never be at peace.

Yoga is the cessation of mind.

Whenever you meditate, there are glimpses. Then the mind comes in and says, 'Be happy! Look, I have done it.' And immediately the contact is lost.

Discipline is necessary to curb the mind, otherwise there is no peace.

[M]ental peace is not meditation. Meditation is the flight beyond the mind. It has nothing to do with mental peace.