Nicolas Chamfort Quotes

The greater jihad is proclaiming war on our ego's destructive and negative emotions and thoughts... which prevent us from attaining perfection.

I kind of think we sort of subconsciously draw things into our lives, whatever we're trying to work through.

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

I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.

Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.

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.

Happiness, contentment, the health and growth of the soul, depend, as men have proved over and over again, upon some simple issue, some single turning of the soul.

When we cultivate mystical awareness or transcendent identity - which is a natural outgrowth of meditation and other practices - what happens is that we begin to take a witness position on our own lives, and that includes our minds.

Mindfulness has helped me succeed in almost every dimension of my life. By stopping regularly to look inward and become aware of my mental state, I stay connected to the source of my actions and thoughts and can guide them with considerably more intention.

Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning. Real values can have meaning to man only when he steps on to the spiritual path, a path where negative emotions have no use.

In my own life I know that my state of cheerfulness is a reliable gauge of my level of spiritual enlightenment at that moment. The more cheerful, happy, contented, and satisfied I am feeling, the more aware I am of my deep connection to Spirit.

If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose.

Evil is a source of moral intelligence in the sense that we need to learn from our shadow, from our dark side, in order to be good.

Disease is, in essence, the result of conflict between soul and mind, and will never be eradicated except by spiritual and mental effort.

A man is hindered and distracted in proportion as he draws outward things to himself.

Genuine happiness can only be achieved when we transform our way of life from the unthinking pursuit of pleasure to one committed to enriching our inner lives, when we focus on 'being more' rather than simply having more.

I have a very good life, so I have nothing to complain about. Sometimes, I just have existential angst.

You can either be a host to God, or a hostage to your ego. It's your call.

The more we try to rest ourselves from our Egos, the deeper we sink into it.

I have a picture of an ideal consciousness.

I have my moments. Ever since I was a boy, I never was someone who was at ease with happiness. Too often I embrace introspection and self-doubt. I wish I could embrace the good things.

It's something that I had been pushing down my whole life. The search for meaning, I guess, the whispering of the soul.

You don't have to give way to careless speech or complaining. You don't have to let your feelings get in the way of what God wants to do in your life.

My life is such a contradiction. My soul yearns for holiness and then runs from the mortification necessary to attain it.

My life includes much meditation and good energy, so my mind will stay busy.