Jane Austen Quotes

Wonder is a bulky emotion. When you let it fill your heart and mind, there isn't room for anxiety, distress or anything else.

Meditation clarifies our minds and opens our hearts, and brings us to unusual depth and stability of happiness, whatever life brings.

An everlasting tranquility is, in my imagination, the highest possible felicity, because I know of no felicity on earth higher than that which a peaceful mind and contented heart afford.

I'll give you everything I've got for a little peace of mind

Paradise is a state of mind.

When you trust in the Lord, when you are willing to let your heart and your mind be centered in His will, when you ask to be led by the Spirit to do His will, you are assured of the greatest happiness along the way and the most fulfilling attainment from this mortal experience. If you question everything you are asked to do, or dig in your heels at every unpleasant challenge, you make it harder for the Lord to bless you.

Truth comes when your mind and heart are purged of all sense of striving and you are no longer trying to become somebody; it is there when the mind is very quiet, listening timelessly to everything.

I believe in life. I know that life comes in at your heart and it doesn't matter if you're an actor, a filmmaker or a gentleman on the street, it comes at you. What Scientology gives me is the tools to deal with that, to better enjoy my life and to be able to contribute more.

Many people think excitement is happiness.... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.

Whoever values peace of mind and the health of the soul will live the best of all possible lives.

Whenever we practise meditation, whether or not our meditation is clear, we are performing a virtuous mental action that is a cause of our future happiness and peace of mind.

Happiness is excitement that has found a settling down place, but there is always a little corner that keeps flapping around.

There can be many opinions on a thing, but there is only one truth." Vashet smiled lazily. "And if the pursuit of the truth was my goal, that would concern me." She gave a long yawn, stretching like a happy cat. "Instead I will focus on the joy in my heart, [...}

The heart at peace is its own reward, needing nothing outside of itself to be fully content.

The churning of a human mind is unpredictable, as is the anatomy of the human heart.

The only place the mind will ever find peace is inside the silence of the heart. That's where you need to go

When the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, knows the supreme silence in the Heart, this is true learning.

but who can feel ugly, when their heart feels joy

You can't save the world...save YOUR heart. Be a catalyst & create a life where you are powerful. Rebel. Be happy & allow others happiness.

Once bliss becomes normal it's no longer bliss, it's just peace.

Give me, kind heaven, a private station, a mind serene for contemplation.

Love gives a sense of rest.

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

Meditation gives us peace of mind without a tranquilizer. And unlike a tranquilizer, the peace of mind that we get from meditation does not fade away. It lasts for good in some corner of the inmost recesses of our aspiring heart.

Now the heart is so full that a drop overfills it, We are happy now because God so wills it; No matter how barren the past may have been, 'T is enough for us now that the leaves are green; We sit in the warm shade and feel right well How the sap creeps up and the blossoms swell... The breeze comes whispering in our ear, That dandelions are blossoming near... Every thing is upward striving; 'T is as easy now for the heart to be true As for grass to be green or skies to be blue, - 'T is the natural way of living.