Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes

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

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

When you've seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there.

There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.

If you know where your spiritual center is, and you neglect it, peace will always allude you.

As you find your soul-reservoir of peace, less and less controversy will be able to afflict your life.

The acquirement and enjoyment of physical well-being, mental calm and spiritual peace are priceless to their possessors.

Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.

As long as we hold unforgivable thoughts in our mind, we will not be able to experience total inner peace.

My heart forgives and releases. Inner peace is my goal.

In quietness the soul expands.

I believe joy is a spiritual practice we have to work at.

We can stop struggling with what occurs and see its true face without calling it the enemy. It helps to remember that our spiritual practice is not about accomplishing anything - not about winning or losing - but about ceasing to struggle and relaxing as it is. That is what we are doing when we sit down to meditate. That attitude spreads into the rest of our lives.

It is only through meditation that we can get lasting peace, divine peace. If we meditate soulfully in the morning and receive peace for only one minute, that one minute of peace will permeate our whole day. And when we have a meditation of the highest order, then we really get abiding peace, light and delight. We need meditation because we want to grow in light and fulfill ourselves in light. If this is our aspiration, if this is our thirst, then meditation is the only way.

To have a mind full of peace, merely fill it full of peace. It's as simple as that.

Profound peace, spiritual consolation, love of God and love of all things in God - this is the sign that you are on this right path.

Not to be able to stop thinking is a dreadful affliction, but we don't realize this because almost everyone is suffering from it, so it is considered normal. This incessant mental noise prevents you from finding that realm of inner stillness that is inseparable from Being.

I have found that the greatest degree of inner peace comes from cultivating love and compassion.

Finding that core of truth within yourself... That truth that knows and trusts that All Is Well, and that chooses Love... Is the greatest spiritual attainment you can ever make.

World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.

Everyone wants peace, inside and outside, and we would all have it if we knew how. Now we know how. It begins with you.

So long as we believe in our heart of hearts that our capacity is limited and we grow anxious and unhappy, we are lacking in faith. One who truly trusts in God has no right to be anxious about anything.

If you are losing your peace in your quest for peace, you are not on the road to peace. The road to peace is peace.

The one seeking to demonstrate the power of spiritual realization in everyday affairs should believe in Divine guidance... and that everything in life is controlled by love, harmony, and peace.

I truly believe there is a field of peace within and that it can be enlivened and brought to the surface to be enjoyed by all.