Tara Stiles Quotes

It's important to feel settled and balanced in life, and that has been tough for me to do.

I find that the older I get, the more I see that there really aren't huge zeniths of happiness or a huge abyss of darkness as much as there used to be.

I don't want sadness or happiness to affect my life.

You've just got to ride the wave of the season and ride the wave of life. You can't get too high and too low.

When you pray, you open yourself to the influence of the power which has revealed itself as love. The power gives you freedom and independence. Once touched by this power, you are no longer swayed back and forth by the countless opinions, ideas, and feelings which flow through you. You have found a center for your life that gives you a creative distance so that everything you see, hear, and feel can be tested against the source.

I try not to get too high off the highs or too low off the lows.

There is not secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves.

A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.

I've never gotten too high or too low. It only messes you up.

Emotions are like waves. Watch them disappear in the distance on the vast calm ocean.

It shows a weak mind not to bear prosperity as well as adversity with moderation.

When you can be happy in your sadness as you are in your happiness. Then you know the key to life.

Our emotions Are only “incidents” In the effort to keep day and night together.

To stay present in everyday life, it helps to be deeply rooted within yourself; otherwise, the mind, which has incredible momentum, will drag you along like a wild river.

Poetry is on earth to make you serene, not corrupt your mind, thoughts,or emotions

Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other; and he that knows how to accommodate himself to their periodical returns, and can wisely extract the good from the evil, knows only how to live: this is true contentment, at least all that is to be had of it in this world; and for this every man must be indebted not to his fortune, but to himself.

Life has a much bigger plan for you. Happiness is part of that plan. Health is part of that plan. Stability is part of that plan. Constant struggle is not.

Hope is an amusement rather than a good, and adapted to none but very tranquil minds.

When you're centered, your emotions are not hijacking you.

There's such a thing as too much happiness and sadness. What I'm after is contentment.

Such is the active power of good temperament! Great sweetness of temper neutralizes such vast amounts of acid.

When you are full of problems, there is no room for anything new to enter, no room for a solution. So whenever you can, make some room, create some space, so that you find the life underneath your life situation.

Do not let trifles disturb your tranquility of mind. . . . Life is too precious to be sacrificed for the nonessential and transient. . . . Ignore the inconsequential!

I always strive to keep a balance with my fears. I don't like to be ruled by them. At the same time, I don't like the idea of living my life totally free of any fears. I like having that moderation.

The more adept we become at cultivating an altruistic attitude, the happier we will feel and the more comfortable will be the atmosphere around us. But if our emotions fluctuate wildly and we easily give in to hatred and jealousy, even our friends will avoid us. So even for people with no spiritual beliefs, it is important to have a peaceful mind.