Thought Provoking Quotes

Wisdom Teacher Quote Eckhart Tolle You will not find peace by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.

Gandhi When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fail.

Gautma Buddha There is a gap, a silence and emptiness, where there is not thought. Between you and existence. You and existence merge for a moment.

Jack Kornfield The grief we carry is part of the grief of the world, Let it be honored. You do not have to keep it anymore. You can let go into the heart of compassion; you can weep.

Jesus - John 14:27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

Joko Beck Joy is being willing for things to be as they are.

Lao Tzu, Tao te Ching The mark of a moderate man is freedom from his own ideas. Tolerant like the sky, all-pervading like sunlight, firm like a mountain, supple like a tree in the wind, he has no destination in view and makes use of anything life happens to bring his way.

Leonard Cohen Ring the bells that still can ring, forget your perfect offering. There is a crack, a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.

Marcus Aurelius - Meditations 12.36 You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

Martin Luther King, Jr. I have decided to stick to love…hate is too great a burden to bear.

Michael Singer The moment in front of you is not bothering you. You are bothering yourself about the moment in front of you.

Nisargadatta, I Am That The mind creates the abyss which the heart must cross.

Pema Chodron Inner peace begins the moment you chose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions.

Ramana Maharshi The one pure Reality alone exists, without a second, inborn and unchanging, abiding in utter peace.

Rumi Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous 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.

The Buddha - Dhamapada 5 Hatred is never appeased by hatred. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased.

The Talmud Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.

Thich Nhat Hahn Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything --anger, anxiety, or possessions --we cannot be free

Viktor Frankl Between what happens and how we respond, there is a space. In that space lies our freedom.