John Tillotson Quotes

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.

Thou seest how few be the things, the which if a man has at his command his life flows gently on and is divine.

I'm on my way to happiness, where I can find some peace and rest.

Either worrying drives out prayer, or prayer drives out worrying.

There is but one way to tranquility of mind and happiness, and that is to account no external things thine own, but to commit all to God.

When our mind is calm, we’re better able to find peace of mind and live a joyful life.

The greater the level of calmness of our mind, the greater our peace of mind, the greater our ability to enjoy a happy and joyful life.

To be happy means to be free, not from pain or fear, but from care or anxiety.

For all the happiness mankind can gain Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain.

Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.

He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.

Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life.

Contentment ... has an internal quietness of heart that gladly submits to God in all circumstances.

If a person's basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to overwhelm a painful physical experience. On the other hand, if someone is suffering from depression, anxiety, or any form of emotional distress, then even if he or she happens to be enjoying physical comforts, he will not really be able to experience the happiness that these could bring.

We call "happiness" a certain set of circumstances that makes joy possible. But we call joy that state of mind and emotions that needs nothing to feel happy.

Set peace of mind as your highest goal, and organize your life around it.

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

To be happy is only to have freed one's soul from the unrest of unhappiness.

How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

All I want is to live a peaceful life, to regain my life and be happy.

Freedom from care and anxiety of mind is a blessing, which I apprehend such people enjoy in higher perfection than most others, and is of the utmost consequence.

Peace-not passion, not personal possessions, not personal accomplishments nor happiness-is one of the greatest blessings a man can receive.

And what is happiness, Nathan? In my experience, it's only a moment's pause here and there on what is otherwise a long and difficult road. No one can be happy all the time.

As we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish peace and happiness in those we love.