Lao Tzu Quotes

A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval which separates two desires a perfect calm reigns in the mind. It is at this moment freed from all thought, love or hate. Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

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

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

The resting place of the mind is the heart. The only thing the mind hears all day is clanging bells and noise and argument, and all it wants is quietude. The only place the mind will ever find peace is inside the silence of the heart. That's where you need to go.

Peace, or freedom from conflict, is the absolute core of happiness. It is in learning to watch our sense of peace that we avoid unhappiness. All forms of misery are heralded by a frame of mind that must become immediately recognizable if we are ever to gain mastery in happiness...Take the time to look in your heart and be clear. Walk through life being clear. Practice doing each thing in peace.

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

Chaotic people often have chaotic lives, and I think they create that. But if you try and have an inner peace and a positive attitude, I think you attract that.

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.

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

I find peace anywhere I go. It depends on what is within the walls of my own home.

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

We are bombarded on all sides by a vast number of messages we don't want or need. More information is generated in a single day than we can absorb in a lifetime. To fully enjoy life, all of us must find our own breathing space and peace of mind.

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

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

The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace. A persistent simplification will create an inner and outer well-being that places harmony in one's life.

A quiet mind cureth all.

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

I think the perception of peace is what distracts most people from really having it.

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

Ever since I met Sangram Singh, I am at peace with myself.

When you quiet your mind, you can enter a world of clarity, peace and understanding.

Meditation means to be free from all phenomena and calmness means to be internally unperturbed. There will be calmness when one is free from external objects and is not perturbed.

The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace.

Externally keep yourself away from all relationships, and internally have no pantings in your heart; when your mind is like unto a straight-standing wall, you may enter into the Path.