Edward McKendree Bounds Quotes

We want to take good tidings home to our people, that they may sleep in peace.

If we could make our house a home, and then make it a sanctuary, I think we could truly find paradise on Earth.

The thing we're all looking for is happiness, and if we achieve just a modicum of that or even a little piece of serenity even for five minutes a day, we're very lucky.

Existence itself does not feel horrible; it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience.

Real joy seems to me almost as unlike security or prosperity as it is unlike agony.

I think comfort, stability, and love are the things that really let me be happy. Deep down inside I'm a little boring, I guess.

Even when there are times that we're not happy, happiness will creep in.

Perfect happiness is knowing that everyone I love is healthy, safe, and content.

There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness.

Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity.

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.

Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give - pleasure, possessions, power - but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy.

I want peace. I want to see if somewhere there isn't something left in life of charm and grace.

I don't look for bliss, just contentment.

Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold.

Appreciation has become my destiny in life. Perhaps it's the instinct of a polar bear enjoying hibernation in the vast snows.

Life is such a beautiful thing. When you sit for a moment during the day and live that particular moment, everything seems perfect.

I AM your anchor. I AM your haven. Let My Peace and Love infill and enfold you.

When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

I am, more than anything else, happy.

Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.

For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair.

If we had no hope - for a cure, for winning the lottery, for falling in love, for the end of war, for being free of abuse, or for having food, warmth, clothing, and shelter - we would have no reason to go on. What you hope for doesn't matter, but rather the essence of hope itself.

In the midst of hardship, it was the music that restored my soul.