Peter Ustinov Quotes

Imprisonment of the body is bitter; imprisonment of the mind is worse

Your mind is the channel of it all. It feeds your soul, your heart, everything. It comes from your thoughts. The kind of person you are comes from the way you think. And it bleeds into the way you feel. And such forth. If the mind is not free, then we won't be free.

Nothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own.

Happiness, or misery, is in the mind. It is the mind that lives.

The real enemy of happiness is the mind's fixations and delusions... If you have the right mind, you can overcome anything - you can be happy, no matter what.

Everyday ask yourself the question, "Do I want to experience Peace of Mind or do I want to experience Conflict?

Our mind is the foundation of all our actions, whether they are actions of body, speech, or mind, i.e., thinking. Whatever we think, say, or do arises from our mind. What our consciousness consumes becomes the substance of our life, so we have to be very careful which nutriments we ingest.

When you meditate you discover over and over again that you are not a prisoner of your mind.

I'm in my mind a lot. I live there.

Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.

The most important part of ourselves is the mind, and it has been rather inaccessible.

You can't control your mind. Why would you want to?

Most people think that to meditate, I should feel a particular special something, and if I don't, then I must be doing something wrong.

All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.

A good stance and posture reflect a proper state of mind.

When you're having a bad day at work, a lot of times it's your head. When you're having good days, a lot of times it's the absence of the mind.

The mind is always present. You just don't see it.

A lot of people think I live in a soul bubble.

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances. We carry the seeds of the one or the other about with us in our minds wherever we go.

I guess I've been existing in my own head a lot.

When you find inner peace, neither the presence nor absence of any person, place or thing, condition, circumstance, or situation can be the Creator of your state of mind or the cause of your experience of being.

Meditation isn’t about what’s happening; it’s about how you relate to what’s happening.

Preston, I don't think this creature could ever find its way into your head. Quite apart from anything else, it seems pretty crowded and complicated to me.

You have to live with your mind your whole life.

Do not allow negative feelings and emotions to control your mind. Emotional harm does not come from others; it is conceived and developed within ourselves.