Inner Tranquility Quotes

If you cannot find peace in yourself, it is useless to look for it elsewhere.

If a man doesn't find ease in himself, 'tis in vain to seek it elsewhere.

If we are incapable of finding peace in ourselves, it is pointless to search elsewhere.

What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us

When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.

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.

Peace in the world relies on individuals finding inner peace.

For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostratebefore the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beastsbut rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace.

If I really want inner peace in my life, then I must not busy myself with what other people do and say.

Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not. It is only after you have faced up to this fundamental rule and learned to distinguish between what you can and can't control that inner tranquility and outer effectiveness become possible.

We must do our business faithfully, without trouble or disquiet, recalling our mind to God mildly, and with tranquility, as often as we find it wandering from him.

He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.

If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.

Rise above the deceptions and temptations of the mind. This is your duty. Learn to become wise. Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy. The real spiritual progress of the meditator is measured by the extent to which they achieve inner tranquility and freedom from desire.

The real spiritual progress of the aspirant is measured by the extent to which he achieves inner tranquility.

When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.

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

We don't realize that, somewhere within us all, there does exist a supreme self who is eternally at peace.

After a quarter of a century of personal experience and professional observation, I have come to understand that peace of mind is the true goal of the considered life. I know now that the sum of all other possessions does not necessarily add up to peace of mind; on the other hand, I have seen this inner tranquility flourish without the material supports of property or even the buttress of physical health. Peace of mind can transform a cottage into a spacious manor hall; the want of it can make a regal residence an imprisoning shell.

For nowhere either with more quiet or more freedom from trouble does a man retire than into his own soul, particularly when he has within him such thoughts that by looking into them he is immediately in perfect tranquility; and I affirm that tranquility is nothing else than the good ordering of the mind.

The very secret of life for mewas to maintain in the midst of rushing events an inner tranquility. I had picked a life that dealt with excitement, tragedy, mass calamities, human triumphs and suffering. To throw my whole self into recording and attempting to understand these things, I needed an inner serenity as a kind of balance.