Francis of Assisi Quotes

Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

No person, no place, and no thing has any power over us, for 'we' are the only thinkers in our mind. When we create peace and harmony and balance in our minds, we will find it in our lives.

When your higher self is present, it always promotes peace.

After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life.

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

I get those fleeting, beautiful moments of inner peace and stillness - and then the other 23 hours and 45 minutes of the day, I'm a human trying to make it through in this world.

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.

We are all on a journey to mastering our inner peace.

Don't let form become more important than the substance of your heart and mind. Don't let commerce determine what you do exclusively.

Peace in the world starts with peace in oneself. If everyone lives mindfully, everyone will be more healthy, feel more fulfilled in their daily lives and there will be more peace.

One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train.

I don't read anything about myself. As a child, there was something in me that was just instinctive. I want to be clear in my spirit, and I don't want to be blocked by things that get inside of you and kill you.

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

Patience doesn't mean making a pact with the devil of denial, ignoring our emotions and aspirations. It means being wholeheartedly engaged in the process that's unfolding, rather than ripping open a budding flower or demanding a caterpillar hurry up and get that chrysalis stage over with.

Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.

Imagine the peace symbol. The peace symbol has three pieces in it. One piece is emotion, that's your body. Another piece has spirit in it, that's your fuel. Another piece has intellect in it and that's your steering wheel. You can never overdo the fuel that goes into the body, which is the emotions and the steering wheel to drive it.

That peace which is within us, we must experience it. And if we are searching for peace outside we will never find the peace within.

Revenge only engenders violence, not clarity and true peace. I think liberation must come from within.

No one can find inner peace except by working, not in a self- centered way, but for the whole human family.

There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men.

You'll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart.

To attain inner peace you must actually give your life, not just your possessions. When you at last give your life - bringing into alignment your beliefs and the way you live then, and only then, can you begin to find inner peace.

Self-Realization Fellowship seemed like training. It was the training ground for finding a sense of peace in myself. Because that's my job. It's no one else's.