Eknath Easwaran Quotes

To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.

The only way to cultivate a quiet mind is by planting seeds of silence.

Meditation really helps create not only a sense of balance... but serenity and kind of a calm state of mind.

A primary method for gaining a mind of full peace is to practice emptying the mind.

There is nothing mind can do that cannot be better done in the mind's immobility and thought-free stillness. When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence.

Peace can reign only where there is no disturbance, and disturbance is due to thoughts that arise in the mind.

This inner peace of mind occurs on three levels of understanding. Physical quietness seems the easiest to achieve, although there are levels and levels of this too, as attested by the ability of Hindu mystics to live buried alive for many days. Mental quietness, in which one has no wandering thoughts at all, seems more difficult, but can be achieved. But value quietness, in which one has no wandering desires at all but simply performs the acts of his life without desire, that seems the hardest.

Still the bubbling mind; herein lies freedom and bliss eternal.

Meditation is the calm in the chaos, the fastest way to settle down and get in touch with the stillness within.

The thinking mind can be so noisy that it cannot relate to stillness. It doesn't even recognize it and certainly can't remember it.

If your mind is still... You can sense the peace that emanates from the earth.

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

If you scramble about in search of inner peace, you will lose your inner peace.

When the turbulence of distracting thoughts subside and our mind becomes still, a deep happiness and contentment naturally arises from within.

It is only in a very quiet mind that great things are born; and a quiet mind does not come about through effort, through control, through discipline.

If your mind is still, you're the happiest.

Be still and cool in thine own mind and spirit.

Silence is refreshment for the soul.

I'm more relaxed and just feel like there's kind of a peace with myself.

When you quiet your mind, you can enter a world of clarity, peace and understanding.

If you can't find peace inside, you'll never be at peace.

Once you are experienced, your mind is calm and at ease.

Wisdom happens through meditation, and bliss also happens through meditation. Both the flowers bloom on the same branch.

Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.

Meditation means to be free from all phenomena and calmness means to be internally unperturbed. There will be calmness when one is free from external objects and is not perturbed.