Peace of Mind Quotes
Top 50 Peace of Mind
Quotes
No 1 (Best quote!)
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
- Gautama Buddha (563-483 BC) founder of Buddhism, pictured right.
No 2
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the
wisdom to know the difference.
(known as the Serenity Prayer)
- Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1901),
pictured right, American theologian
No 3
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
- Max Ehrmann , pictured right, Desiderata (1927)
No 4
Our whole life is taken up with anxiety for personal security, with preparation for living, so that we never
really live at all.
- Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), pictured right, Russian writer, pictured right.
No 5
Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.,
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-82),
American philosopher, pictured right.
No 6
There is more to life than increasing its speed,
- Mahatma
(Mohandas) Gandhi Indian leader and philosopher, pictured right.
No 7
Pleasure is... freedom from pain in the body and from disturbance in the mind.
- Epicurus (341-270 BC) Greek philosopher,
pictured right.
No 8
Look first into the depths of your own soul and know yourself.
- Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), pictured
right, Austrian psychiatrist.
No 9
If you want to be free learn to live simply.
- Lao Tzu (c604-c531 BC), Chinese
philosopher, pictured right.
Two other philosophers agree:
Our life is frittered away by detail…Simplify, simplify.
(from the 1854 book Walden)
-Henry David Thoreau,
pictured right, the American philosopher,
Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods,
- Socrates (470-399 BC), pictured right,
Greek philosopher.
No 10
Rest is repair.
- Dale Carnegie, pictured right, How to Stop Worrying and Start
Living (1944)
No 11
Fame and tranquillity can never be bedfellows,
- Michel de Montaigne ( 1533–92),
French writer and philosopher, pictured right.
No 12
A memory without blot or contamination must be an exquisite treasure.
(Rochester in the 1847 novel Jane
Eyre)
- Charlotte Brontë (1816-55),
English writer, pictured right
No 13
All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.
- Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), film star,
pictured right.
No 14
He who knows peace has forgotten desire,
- the Bhagavad Gita (the Hindu holy book)
No15
Peace begins with a smile.
- Mother Teresa (1910-97) ,
Albanian nun, pictured right.
No 16
Work out your salvation with diligence.
- Gautama Buddha (563-483 BC) founder of
Buddhism, pictured right.
No 17
Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
- St. Francis of Assisi
(1182-1226) ,monk and philosopher from Assisi in Italy, pictured right.
No 18
He who has truly overthrown his fears will truly be free.
- Aristotle (384-322 BC) Greek
philosopher, pictured right.
No 19
Comparisons are odorous.
(Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing)
- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), English playwright,
pictured right
No 20
A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.
(from the 1857 novel The Professor)
- Charlotte Brontë (1816-55),
English writer, pictured right.
No 21
To find yourself, think for yourself,
- Socrates (469-399 BC), Greek philosopher,
pictured right.
No 22
Sleep is sweet to the labouring man.
(from the novel The Pilgrim's
Progress)
- John Bunyan (1628-88), English writer, pictured right.
No 23
True enlightenment to man is like sunlight to the soul,
(from the 1991 novel Sophie's
World)
- Jostein Gaarder (1952-), Norwegian writer, pictured right
No 24
Solitude for me is a fount of healing
- Carl Jung (1875-1961), pictured right,
the Swiss psychiatrist
No 25
The ultimate value of life depends on awareness and the power of contemplation.
- Aristotle (384-322 BC), Greek
philosopher (pictured right).
No 26
Look deeply. Do not miss the inherent quality and value of everything.
- Marcus Aurelius (121-180),
pictured right, Roman emperor and philosopher
No 27
Fame is like a river that beareth up things light and swollen and drowns things weighty and solid.
- Francis Bacon (1561-1626), pictured
right, English philosopher and politician.
No 28
The man who recklessly strives for glory and counts it the highest goal should consider the far-reaching shores
of heaven and the narrow confines of earth.
- Boethius (c.470-524), pictured right,
Roman philosopher and politician
No 29
There is no way to peace along the way to safety. For peace must be dared.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-45),
pictured right, German minister and theologian.
No
30
He has the most who is most content with the least,
- Diogenes (404-323 BC), pictured right, Greek
philosopher.
No
31
Turn the spotlight inward.
- Mahatma ( Mohandas)
Gandhi (1869-1948), pictured right, Indian leader and philosopher.
No
32
There is no such thing as perpetual peace of mind...because life itself..can never be without desire, not
without fear.
- Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679),
pictured right, English philosopher.
No
33
Silence is the greatest revelation.
- Lao Tzu (c604-c531 BC), pictured
right, Chinese philosopher.
No
34
Seek without expecting. Find without taking,
- Lao Tzu (c604-c531 BC), pictured
right, Chinese philosopher.
No
35
In the things of the soul, knowledge without remembrance profits little.
- Thomas More (1477-1535), pictured right,
English philosopher and politician.
No
36
Respect yourself above all.
- Pythagorus (c.570-495 BC), pictured right, Greek philosopher and mathematician
No
37
Life is nothing until it is lived; but it is yours to make sense of.
- Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-80), pictured
right, French philosopher
No
38
Marge, there's an empty spot I've always had inside me. I tried to fill it with family, religion, community
service..but those were dead ends! I think this chair is the answer.
- Homer Simpson, pictured right, American
cartoon character (speaking to his wife)
No
39
Nothing contributes so much to tranquillizing the mind as a steady purpose.
- Mary Wollstonecraft
(1759-1797), pictured right, English pioneer of women’s rights
No
40
Busyness is the means to protect one from the torture of being in the land of shadows.
- Erich Fromm (1900-80), pictured right,
American philosopher and psychiatrist.
No
41
The sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.
- Carl Jung (1875-1961), pictured right,
Swiss psychiatrist
No 42
The only person that cannot be helped is that person who blames others.
- Carl Rogers (1902-87),
American psychologist (pictured right).
No 43
Self-worth is about finding out what you do best and working hard at it.
- J.K. Rowling (1965-), pictured right,
English writer.
No 44
Is their anything sweeter than the inward joy that comes from thinking well of others?
- Thérèse of Lisieux (1873-97), French nun (pictured right)
No
45
When you are exasperated with someone, the way to recover your peace of mind is to pray for that person.
- Thérèse of Lisieux (1873-97), pictured right, French nun
No 46
Each of us has his skeletons in his soul,
(Anna in the novel Anna Karenina)
- Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), Russian writer, pictured right.
No 47
A peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience,
(Wolsey in Henry VIII)
- William Shakespeare (1564-1616),
English playwright, pictured right.
No
48
Work out your salvation with diligence.
- Gautama Buddha (563-483 BC) founder of
Buddhism, pictured right.
No 49
Do not let the hero in your soul perish.
(John Galt in the 1957 novel Atlas Shrugged)
- Ayn Rand (1905-82), American writer, pictured right.
No 50
Just because you look good don’t mean you feel good.
- Elvis Presley (1935-1977),
pictured right, American pop star, pictured right.
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