Inner Peace Quotes - Page 18

• What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of needs which have been dammed up to a high degree.

  Sigmund Freud

  Happiness, Happy, Joy

  Sigmund Freud, James Strachey, Anna Freud, Carrie Lee Rothgeb (1961). “The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud”

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• A man who experiences no genuine satisfaction in life does not want peace. Men court war to escape meaninglessness and boredom, to be relieved of fear and frustration.

  Nels Fredrick Solomon Ferre

  War, Frustration, Men

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• It's not the tragedies that kill us; it's the messes.

  Dorothy Parker

  Peace, Tragedy, Mess

  Dorothy Parker (2004). “Dorothy Parker in Her Own Words”, Taylor Trade Publishing

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• No man is happy who does not think himself so.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Inspirational, Happiness, Success

  "The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave". Book by Darius Lyman. Maxim 584, 1856.

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• The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness.

  Deepak Chopra

  Happiness, Happy, Purpose

  Deepak Chopra (1985). “Creating health: the psychophysiological connection”

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• No price is too great to pay for inner peace. Peace is the harmonious control of life. It is vibrant with life-energy. It is a power that easily transcends all our worldly knowledge. Yet it is not separate from our earthly existence. If we open the right avenues within, this peace can be felt here and now.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Energy, Pay, Here And Now

  Sri Chinmoy (2003). “Wisdom of Sri Chinmoy”, p.208, Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

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• It almost seems as though this roiling world is conspiring to test our patience at every turn. In fact, it is. With this in mind, we would be wise to look on our imperfect environment as a teacher rather than an antagonist. It constantly shows us that we need to be patient on an ongoing basis, not just every now and then, if we´re going to realize true inner peace, happiness, and fulfillment.

  Surya Das

  Wise, Patience, Teacher

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• The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

  Carl Sandburg

  Happiness, Being Happy, Secret

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• Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization.

  Marquis de Sade

  Happiness, Lying, Organization

  marquis de Sade (1988). “Juliette”, Grove Press

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• To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

  Happiness, Courage, Conquer

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• Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change.

  Bertrand Russell

  Change, Happiness, Happy

  Bertrand Russell, John G. Slater, Peter Köllner (1997). “Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68”, p.395, Psychology Press

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• We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

  Relationship, Peace, Psychics

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• As a well cut diamond has many facets, each reflecting a different color of light, so does the word yoga, each facet reflecting a different shade of meaning and revealing different aspects of the entire range of human endeavor to win inner peace and happiness.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Yoga, Cutting, Winning

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• Go for the sense of inner joy, of inner peace, of inner vision first and then all the other things from the outside appear.

  Marci Shimoff

  Joy, Vision, Firsts

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• True happiness comes from having a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved by cultivating altruism, love and compassion, and by eliminating anger, selfishness and greed.

  Dalai Lama

  Happy, Compassion, Greed

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• The journey to happiness involves finding the courage to go down into ourselves and take responsibility for what's there: all of it.

  Richard Rohr

  Happiness, Responsibility, Journey

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• If you pursue happiness you never find it.

  C.P. Snow

  Happiness, Pursue, Ifs

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• Great changes start with individuals; the basis of world peace is inner peace in the hearts of individuals.

  Dalai Lama

  Heart, World, Individual

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• The best advice on the art of being happy is about as easy to follow as advice to be well when one is sick.

  Sophie Swetchine

  Happiness, Art, Sick

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• Men expect that religion should cost them no pains, that happiness should drop into their laps without any design and endeavor on their part, and that, after they have done what they please while they live, God should snatch them up to heaven when they die. But though the commandments of God be not grievous, yet it is fit to let men know that they are not thus easy.

  John Tillotson

  Happiness, Pain, Men

  John Tillotson (1720). “The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: Containing Fifty Four Sermons and Discourses on Several Occasions. Together with the Rule of Faith”, p.69

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• By developing a sense of concern for others' well-being, then no matter what others' attitudes are, you can keep inner peace.

  Dalai Lama

  Attitude, Concern For Others, Matter

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• The most important benefit of patience consists in the way it acts as a powerful antidote to the affliction of anger - the greatest threat to our inner peace, and therefore our happiness. The mind, or spirit, is not physical, it cannot be touched or harmed directly. Only negative thoughts and emotions can harm it. Therefore, only the corresponding positive quality can protect it.

  Dalai Lama

  Happy, Patience, Powerful

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• Freedom is the real foundation of happiness.

  Nhat Hanh

  Happiness, Real, Foundation

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• Successful living does not mean accumulating material things, it means inner peace of mind; it means that gift of being able to adjust oneself to everyone else; it also means that all your needs for daily living will be taken care of by God.

  Albert E Cliffe

  Life, Taken, Mean

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• I learned that the interior of life was as rewarding as the exterior of life, and that my richest moments occurred when I was absolutely still.

  Richard Bode

  Wealth, Moments, Finding Peace

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