Paul Brunton Quotes

Material development alone does not yield genuine inner peace.

There are times when you may be overwhelmed by the teachings of the Way. At such moments, it is important to continue with the original spirit of a beginner.

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.

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

I feel like I've kind of gotten to a peaceful place in my heart.

I just want to find some inner peace, and I think I'm getting there, slowly but surely.

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

When your soul is resting, your emotions are okay, your mind is okay, and your will is at peace with God, not resisting what He's doing.

The goal at the end of the day is for all of us to find a little bit more peace in life and with ourselves and to feel a little more comfortable in the world.

There is nothing your highest self wants more than 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.

Your pain is a school unto itself–– and your joy a lovely temple.

I feel that I need to return to the pure stillness periodically. And then, when the teaching happens, just allow it to arise out of the stillness. So the teaching and stillness are very closely connected. The teaching arises out of the stillness. But when I'm alone, there's only the stillness, and that is my favorite place.

The goal of meditation is precisely to make your mind smooth and manageable so that it can be concentrated or relaxed at will; and especially to free it from the tyranny of mental afflictions and confusion

No one can get inner peace by pouncing on it.

I want to do and I'm giving all the profits to charity, is to teach people to meditate. All it takes is a little bit of patience.

[T]hat is the true function of meditation: to create a space in you where you can be rich, infinitely rich, utterly peaceful, absolutely ecstatic.

Ego says, "Once everything falls into place, I'll feel peace". Spirit says, "Find your peace, and then everything will fall into place".

What is important in meditation is the quality of the mind and the heart.It is not what you achieve, or what you say you attain, but rather the quality of a mind that is innocent and vulnerable.

To be spiritual means to be solid, calm, and peaceful and to be able to look deeply inside and around us.

People who know the state of emptiness will always be able to dissolve their problems by constancy.

Fear and guilt are your only enemies. Love and awareness are your true friends. Do not confuse one with the other, for one will kill you, while the other gives you life.

Most of the world is like a mental hospital. Some persons are sick with jealousy, others with anger, hatred, passion. They are victims of their habits and emotions. But you can make your home a place of peace.

We need to understand how destructive emotions affect us and constructive emotions can help us, so that we can maintain our peace of mind.