Nicolas Chamfort Quotes

I want to sit in my own sorrow, cry it out, talk to God, and say, 'Give me strength, wisdom.'

This was my moment to look for the kind of healing and peace that can only come from solitude.

A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.

There's no regret. You can't regret. I mean, I've felt regret but I've also refused to allow regret to sow a seed and live in me because I don't believe it. You feel it, it's like guilt, it's like jealousy, it's like all those horrible things. You've just got to snip them and get them out, because they're no good.

To be happy when you are travelling, you need to be happy inside before you leave. A positive frame of mind will definitely enhance your travelling experience. If I'm not in a positive frame of mind then the whole thing definitely becomes more of a challenge for me.

He who avoids complaint invites happiness.

I teach people that no matter what the situation is, no matter how chaotic, no matter how much drama is around you, you can heal by your presence if you just stay within your center.

I don't have mom issues or dad issues. I think I have found peace about many things in my past. I have forgiven and asked to be forgiven.

It makes no difference how deeply seated may be the trouble, how hopeless the outlook how muddled the tangle, how great the mistake. A sufficient realization of love will dissolve it all.

You know, you have to have some inner philosophy to deal with adversity.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

Art gives us the opportunity to have clarity as well as hope that we might be able to survive a situation, or hope that we can find a way out of it without too much more injury to ourselves.

I try to dig deep into my soul to figure out something positive in the pain. I think I go to certain places when I play to heal.

I feel negativity is not to be paid attention to.

You're as sick as your secrets, and my whole life was a secret, so it's just... it's been really healing, and I've found a lot of inner peace by just owning everything and moving forward from there.

This is one technique - going into my shell - that has helped me get over my disappointments.

I'm grateful to songwriting and recovery to bringing me to a place of peace.

One of my biggest lessons in life is, we heal at the speed of our forgiveness.

It all begins with forgiveness, because to heal the world, we first have to heal ourselves. And to heal the kids, we first have to heal the child within, each and every one of us.

The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.

No amount of meditation, yoga, diet, and reflection will make all of our problems go away, but we can transform our difficulties into our practice until little by little they guide us on our way.

The best recipe for happiness and contentment I've seen is this: dig a big hole in the garden of your thoughts and put into it all your disillusions, disappointments, regrets, worries, troubles, doubts, and fears. Cover well with the earth of fruitfulness. Water it from the well of contentment. Sow on top the seeds of hope, courage, strength, patience, and love. Then when the time for gathering comes, may your harvest be a rich and fruitful one.

It takes a lot of grace and maturity to simply forgive, but a lot of healing takes place when you do.

It sounds clichéd, but I think the greatest lesson is to not take things personally.

Breathe in, breathe out, move on.