Bill Johnson Quotes

The height of human wisdom is to bring our tempers down to our circumstances, and to make a calm within, under the weight of the greatest storm without.

Don't allow yourself to be upset and disturbed. Hold your peace because without it you have no power.

Remember to preserve a calm soul amid difficulties.

You've only mastered the storm you can sleep through.

It's like, imagine the ripples on top of an ocean. And I'm in a rowboat, reactively dealing with the waves and water coming into my boat. What I need to do is dive into the deeper solace, the calmness beneath the surface.

When you allow a person's words to upset you, you're giving away your power.

One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.

Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.

Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.

You can find peace amidst the storms that threaten you.

Keep your cool, even when those around you can't.

I have to stay calm, cool, and collected.

You do have to be patient. Control what you can control.

Patience, increasing patience

Some models of self-control are able to achieve their serenity easily because the soul fires never burn brightly to begin with.

The first lesson to learn is to resign oneself to the little difficulties in life, not to hit out at everything one comes up against. If one were able to manage this one would not need to cultivate great power; even one's presence would be healing.

If others hurt you, let the injury go. This is your test. If you let it go, you will find serenity.

When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity lose no time in recovering your self-control, and do not remain out of tune longer than you can help. Habitual recurrence to the harmony will increase your mastery of it.

The practice of patience guards us against losing our presence of mind. It enables us to remain undisturbed, even when the situation is really difficult. It gives us a certain amount of inner peace, which allows us some self-control, so that we can choose to respond to situations in an appropriate and compassionate manner, rather than being driven by our disturbing emotions.

It is the greatest manifestation of power to be calm.

I think when tragic things happen it is on surface. It is like the ocean. One the surface a waves and sometimes the wave is very serious and strong. But it comes and goes, comes and goes, and underneath, the ocean always remains calm. Tibetans have a saying: "If bad news comes to you listen here" (points to the right ear) "and let it our here" (points to the left ear).

Go back to the breathing and try to be in that moment deeply. Because there is a possibility to handle every kind of event and the essential is to keep the peace in yourself.

Those who are unconquered in spirit are the real successes in life. If you can so train or condition your mind that you are content regardless of what you have or do not have, and if you can stand the challenge of all your trials and remain calm-that is true happiness.

He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.