Top 200 Inner Peace Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “We already have everything we need.”

— Pema Chödrön

152. “Patience is that the heart does not feel anger towards that which is destined and that the mouth does not complain.”

— Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

153. “You break free when you feel neither beneath anyone nor superior to anyone, when you shed the need to control other people, when you create space for others to be who they are and for your real self to be what it is.”

— Deepak Chopra

154. “For real happiness, for real lasting stable happiness, one has to make a journey deep within oneself and see that one gets rid of all the unhappiness and misery stored in the deeper levels of the mind.”

— S. N. Goenka

155. “Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. Whenever your mind becomes scattered, use your breath as the means to take hold of your mind again.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

156. “The Self alone exists. When you try to trace the ego, which is the basis of the perception of the world and everything else, you find the ego does not exist at all and neither does all this creation that you see.”

— Ramana Maharshi

157. “Peace in your mind, peace on earth, peace at work, peace at home, peace in the world.”

— John Lennon

158. “Be still and quiet, tune in with the Infinite Intelligence, and continue in right thought, right feeling, and right action, and you will arrive at your goal.”

— Joseph Murphy

159. “The attitude of silent observation is the very foundation of yoga. You see the picture, but you are not the picture.”

— Nisargadatta Maharaj

160. “You are not the mind. If you know you are not the mind, then what difference does it make if it’s busy or quiet? You are not the mind.”

— Nisargadatta Maharaj

161. “Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves – slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

162. “If one assumes a humble attitude, one’s own good qualities will increase. Whereas if one is proud, one will become jealous of others, one will look down on others, and due to that there will be unhappiness in society.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

163. “If someone thinks that peace and love are just a cliche that must have been left behind in the 60s, that’s a problem. Peace and love are eternal.”

— John Lennon

164. “Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.”

— Robert J. Sawyer

165. “Real contentment must come from within. You and I cannot change or control the world around us, but we can change and control the world within us.”

— Warren W. Wiersbe

166. “If her past were your past, her pain your pain, her level of consciousness your level of consciousness, you would think and act exactly as she does. With this realization comes forgiveness, compassion and peace.”

— Eckhart Tolle

167. “A good rule in life is to tell yourself simply, ’What comes of itself, let it come.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

168. “With mindfulness, you can establish yourself in the present in order to touch the wonders of life that are available in that moment.”

— Nhat Hanh

169. “If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place. Primary reality is within; secondary reality without.”

— Eckhart Tolle

170. “Transcendental Meditation opens the awareness to the infinite reservoir of energy, creativity, and intelligence that lies deep within everyone.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

171. “There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.”

— A. J. Muste

172. “To know yourself you need not go to any book, to any priest, to any psychologist. The whole treasure is within yourself.”

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

173. “Be like the rocky headland on which the waves constantly break. It stands firm, and round it the seething waters are laid to rest.”

— Marcus Aurelius

174. “Equanimity is a perfect, unshakable balance of mind.”

— Nyanaponika Thera

175. “This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, it’s with us wherever we go.”

— Pema Chödrön

176. “What comes, will go. What is found, will be lost again. But what you are is beyond coming and going and beyond description.”

— Rumi

177. “The practice of Transcendental Meditation creates a natural situation in the mind so that the mind entertains right thoughts, useful thoughts, thoughts that are cherished by nature and whose fulfillment is worked out by all the laws of nature.”

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

178. “There is no reality except the one contained within us.”

— Hermann Hesse

179. “The truth is you can’t try to let go. Trying is the opposite of letting go. To let go is to relinquish trying. To let go is much more like to let be.”

— Adyashanti

180. “It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.”

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

181. “I have arrived. I am home. My destination is in each step.”

— Nhat Hanh

182. “Don’t be too quick to interpret the moment. Just keep quiet. My encouragement would always be: never think anything is against you, everything is blessing. Why should it be different? Just be quiet. Let it all work itself out.”

— Mooji

183. “It is always the false that makes you suffer, the false desires and fears, the false values and ideas, the false relationships between people. Abandon the false and you are free of pain; truth makes happy, truth liberates.”

— Nisargadatta Maharaj

184. “If you are not in the state of either acceptance, enjoyment, or enthusiasm, look closely and you will find that you are creating suffering for yourself and others.”

— Eckhart Tolle

185. “Christian contentment is that sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit, which freely submits to and delights in God’s wise and fatherly disposal in every condition.”

— Jeremiah Burroughs

186. “Your inner strength is invulnerable to fear.”

— Deepak Chopra

187. “Become intensely conscious of the present moment.”

— Eckhart Tolle

188. “Live the actual moment. Only this moment is life.”

— Nhat Hanh

189. “Live one day at a time. Keep your attention in present time. Have no expectations. Make no judgements. And give up the need to know why things happen as they do. Give it up!”

— Caroline Myss

190. “The Secret is within you.”

— Rhonda Byrne

191. “The past doesn’t determine your future unless you carry it with you into the present. Forgiving yourself and others, you free the universe to begin again at any moment.”

— Marianne Williamson

192. “You are the world. When you transform yourself, the world you live in will also be transformed.”

— Deepak Chopra

193. “Listen to your heart. It knows all things, because it came from the Soul of the World and it will one day return there.”

— Paulo Coelho

194. “The power is in you. The answer is in you. And you are the answer to all your searches: you are the goal. You are the answer. It’s never outside.”

— Eckhart Tolle

195. “To meditate with mindful breathing is to bring body and mind back to the present moment so that you do not miss your appointment with life.”

— Nhat Hanh

196. “Keep walking, though there’s no place to get to. Don’t try to see through the distances. That’s not for human beings. Move within, But don’t move the way fear makes you move.”

— Rumi

197. “No man is hindered by another; he is only hindered by himself. No man suffers because of another; he suffers only because of himself.”

— James Allen

198. “The world can only change from within.”

— Eckhart Tolle

199. “Presence is a state of inner spaciousness.”

— Eckhart Tolle

200. “Everything you need to know is within you. Listen. Feel. Trust the body’s wisdom.”

— Dan Millman