Quotes on Inner Peace And Happiness

If a person's basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to overwhelm a painful physical experience. On the other hand, if someone is suffering from depression, anxiety, or any form of emotional distress, then even if he or she happens to be enjoying physical comforts, he will not really be able to experience the happiness that these could bring.

There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.

Those who have little interest in spirituality shouldn’t think that human inner values don’t apply to you. The inner peace of an alert and calm mind are the source of real happiness and good health. Our human intelligence tells us which of our emotions are positive and helpful and which are damaging and to be restrained or avoided.

A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of its power.

Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.

Peace starts within each one of us. When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us. When our community is in a state of peace, it can share peace with neighboring communities, and so on. When we feel love and kindness towards others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.

I feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience.

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.

Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.

There is a criterion by which you can judge whether the thoughts you are thinking and the things you are doing are right for you. The criterion is: Have they brought you inner peace?

Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.

As human beings we all want to be happy and free from misery._x000D_ _x000D_ We have learned that the key to happiness is inner peace._x000D_ _x000D_ The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as_x000D_ _x000D_ anger and attachment, fear and suspicion,_x000D_ _x000D_ while love and compassion, a sense of universal responsibility_x000D_ _x000D_ are the sources of peace and happiness.

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.