Inner peace refers to a deliberate state of psychological or spiritual calm despite the potential presence of stressors. Inspirational inner peace quotes will encourage growth in life, make you wiser and broaden your perspective.
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Most Famous Inner Peace Quotes
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. – Buddha
You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level. – Eckhart Tolle
You do indeed have a past, but not now! And, yes, you have a future, but not now! You can consume your now with thoughts of ‘then’ and ‘maybe,’ but that will keep you from the inner peace you could experience. – Wayne Dyer
Surrender to what is, let go of what was, have faith in what will be. – Sonia Ricotti
Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment. – Thich Nhat Hanh
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? Peace – Pilgrim
Expectation is the root of all heartache. – William Shakespeare
When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge. – Gerald Jampolsky
I get those fleeting, beautiful moments of inner peace and stillness – and then the other 23 hours and 45 minutes of the day, I’m a human trying to make it through in this world. – Ellen DeGeneres
Where there is charity and wisdom there is neither fear nor ignorance. Where there is patience and humility there is neither anger nor worry. – Francis of Assisi
Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. – Lao Tzu
Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset. – Saint Francis de Sales
Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be. – Wayne W. Dyer
Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself. – Hermann Hesse
Chasing after the world brings chaos. Allowing it all to come to me, brings peace. – Zen Gatha
My decision to end my marriage was such a risk to lose ratings and lose my fan base. I had to take that risk for my inner peace and to be happy with myself. – Kim Kardashian
Be still. it takes no effort to be still; it is utterly simple. When your mind is still, you have no name, you have no past, you have no relationships, you have no country, you have no spiritual attainment, you have no lack of spiritual attainment. There is just the presence of beingness with itself. – Gangaji
There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior. – Fran Lebowitz
Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions. – Pema Chodron
If you want peace, stop fighting. If you want peace of mind, stop fighting with your thoughts. – Peter McWilliams
It’s well known I’m a Scientologist, and that has helped me to find that inner peace in my life and it’s something that has given me great stability and tools that I use. – Tom Cruise
Just slow down. Slow down your speech. Slow down your breathing. Slow down your walking. Slow down your eating. And let this slower, steadier pace perfume your mind. Just slow down. – Doko
Freedom from desire leads to inner peace. – Lao Tse
The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace. A persistent simplification will create an inner and outer well-being that places harmony in one’s life. – Peace Pilgrim
The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms. – Thich Nhat Hanh
But the self-controlled man, moving among objects, with his senses under restraint, and free from both attraction and repulsion, attains peace. – Chinmayananda Saraswati
If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having. – Henry Miller
To attain inner peace you must actually give your life, not just your possessions. When you at last give your life – bringing into alignment your beliefs and the way you live then, and only then, can you begin to find inner peace. – Peace Pilgrim
Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace. – Dalai Lama
Learn to calm down the winds of your mind, and you will enjoy great inner peace. – Remez Sasson
Ego says – Once everything falls into place, I’ll feel inner peace. Spirit says – Find your inner peace and then everything will fall into place. – Marianne Williamson
Feelings are just visitors; let them come and go. – Mooji
Never continue in a job you don’t enjoy. If you’re happy in what you’re doing, you’ll like yourself, you’ll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined. – Johnny Carson
Don’t try to force anything. Let life be a deep let-go. God opens millions of flowers every day without forcing their buds. – Osho
When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
If anything interferes with my inner peace, I will walk away. Arguments with family members. All that stuff. None of it matters. – Shirley MacLaine
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. – Buddha
When we understand clearly that inner peace is the real source of happiness, and how, through spiritual practice, we can experience progressively deeper levels of inner peace, we will develop tremendous enthusiasm to practice. – Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
The study of the art of motorcycle maintenance is really a miniature study of the art of rationality itself. Working on a motorcycle, working well, caring, is to become part of a process, to achieve an inner peace of mind. The motorcycle is primarily a mental phenomenon. – Robert M. Pirsig
Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there – buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day. – Deepak Chopra
Remember the entrance to the sanctuary is inside you. – Rumi
We must learn how to live in the space of inner peace in our everyday lives. This takes consistent, conscious effort because I know so many black women are hurting and sad, and we don’t easily express our heartache or show our wounds. – Susan L. Taylor
Fearlessness presupposes calmness and peace of mind. – Mahatma Gandhi
There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy. – Ralph H. Blum
People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar. – Thich Nhat Hanh
I feel like I play better when I’m calm. There is an inner peace I can tap into sometimes during my matches. – Naomi Osaka
You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do. – Olin Miller
Look at a tree, a flower, a plant. Let your awareness rest upon it. How still they are, how deeply rooted in being. Allow nature to teach you stillness. – Eckhart Tolle
There will be calmness, tranquility, when one is free from external objects and is not perturbed. – Bruce Lee
Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions. – Gerald Jampolsky
Compassion, tolerance, forgiveness and a sense of self-discipline are qualities that help us lead our daily lives with a calm mind. – Dalai Lama
Never be in a hurry, do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset. – Francis de Sales
The universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself, everything that you want, you already are. – Rumi
You’re as sick as your secrets, and my whole life was a secret, so it’s just… it’s been really healing, and I’ve found a lot of inner peace by just owning everything and moving forward from there. – Molly Bloom
The Zen of doing anything is doing it with a particular concentration of mind, a calmness and simplicity of mind, that brings the experience of enlightenment and, through that experience, happiness. – Chris Prentiss
For peace of mind, we need to resign as general manager of the universe. – Larry Eisenberg
You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather. – Pema Chodron
Chaotic people often have chaotic lives, and I think they create that. But if you try and have an inner peace and a positive attitude, I think you attract that. – Imelda Staunton
We don’t realize that, somewhere within us all, there does exist a supreme self who is eternally at peace. – Elizabeth Gilbert
Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions. – Gerald G. Jampolsky
The Dalai Lama. He is a very wise man of great inner peace who believes that happiness is the purpose of our lives. Through his teachings and leadership, he continues to make this world a better place in which to live. – Sidney Sheldon
When you’ve seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there. – George Harrison
Inner peace doesn’t come from getting what we want, but from remembering who we are. – Marianne Williamson
Only the just man enjoys peace of mind. – Epicurus
While the lab plays an enormous role, research is also influenced by inner peace of mind and one’s family environment, depending on what stage of one’s life and career a scientist is at. – Peter Agre
The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence. – Norman Vincent Peale
The greater the level of calmness of our mind, the greater our peace of mind, the greater our ability to enjoy a happy and joyful life. – Dalai Lama
For me, it is essential to have the inner peace and serenity of prayer in order to listen to the silence of God, which speaks to us, in our personal life and the history of our times, of the power of love. – Adolfo Perez Esquivel
Peace is liberty in tranquility. – Marcus Tullius Cicero
Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst. – Lin Yutang
