11 Quotes About Inner Peace
Not the absence of storms, but stillness within them. These quotes — from Taoist, Stoic and Buddhist sources — point toward the calm that does not depend on circumstances.
“The stressor is not the same as the stress. You can deal with the stressor and still be stressed. You complete the stress cycle in the body — by moving, breathing, laughing, crying, connecting, creating, or being held — or the stress stays.”
“It is like flying. You see your hands doing the surgery, but you are somewhere above, watching, calm.”
“Peace begins with me.”
“He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.”
“You will never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.”
“Who can wait quietly while the mud settles? Who can remain still until the moment of action?”
“We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.”
“Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment, I know this is the only moment.”
“When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace.”
“No matter how full the river is, it still wants to grow.”
“If an object or expression can bring about, within us, a sense of serene melancholy and a spiritual longing, then that object could be said to be wabi-sabi.”