Quotes about Inner peace

It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace.

The fruit of mindfulness practice is the realization that peace and joy are available within us and around us, right here and right now.

Love is a living, breathing thing. There is no need to force it to grow in a particular direction. If we start by being easy and gentle with ourselves, we will find it is just there inside of us, solid and healing.

Relax. It's only a game.

As a practitioner, you can create holiness. Holiness cannot be bestowed on us by someone else. ... We are a saint when we can produce holiness.

Make the practice pleasant, that is what I beg you to do.

We have to learn to build safety with our in-breath and our out-breath. We have to learn to build safety with our steps, with our way of acting and reacting, with our words and our efforts to build communication.

Everything is in your own heart.

We're all searching for a place where we feel safe and comfortable, a home where we can be truly ourselves. As we become more skilled in mindfulness and lay down the roots of fidelity, we can truly relax with our partner. All the restlessness and searching inside dissipates when we find our true home.

When you practice building a home in yourself, you become more and more beautiful. You radiate your inner peace, warmth, and joy.

Part of the beauty of the monastic life lies in the ability to live simply with few desires and to consume only what you need.

We need a small space where we can take care of our nervous system and restore our tranquility and peace.