Patrick Ness Quotes

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

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

You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

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

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.

Inner silence promotes clarity of mind; It makes us value the inner world; It trains us to go inside to the source of peace and inspiration when we are faced with problems and challenges.

Meditation does not mean you have to grin every moment of your life, but to learn to let your bones smile.

Meditation was a turning point for me. It helped me deal with a lot of stress and has given me a lot of relaxation.

I had benefited so much from Vipassana, I felt it was important for many more people to be able to share the experience.

Beg of God the removal of envy, that God may deliver you from externals, and bestow upon you an inward occupation, which will absorb you so that your attention is not drawn away.

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

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.

I feel like I'm calmer, I'm kinder, I'm more patient the more I do my own meditation.

Enjoy the fashions, read the good articles, and when you feel threatened, turn your mental gaze inward, but keep your eyes on the road, or you won't know where you are going. Have a practice or discipline that lets you be in touch with your inner self, your soul.

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

The more space and emptiness you can create in yourself, then you can let the rest of the world come in and fill you up.

I meditate so I know how to find a peaceful place within to be calm and peaceful.

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

If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.

If there's no inner peace, people can't give it to you. The husband can't give it to you. Your children can't give it to you. You have to give it to you.

I wanted to share the experience of how yoga and meditation have transformed my life, how they have enabled me to observe who I am, first in my body, and then emotionally, and on to a kind of spiritual path.

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

When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.