Top 100 Peace of Mind Quotes (2024 Update)

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

— Dalai Lama XIV

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2. “You are not your mind.”

— Eckhart Tolle

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3. “Don’t hurry anything. Don’t worry about the future. Don’t worry about what progress you’re making. Just be entirely content to be aware of what is.”

— Alan Watts

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4. “Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame.”

— Buddha

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5. “Real bliss is to have peace of mind.”

— Deepak Chopra

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6. “The power of now can only be realized now. It requires no time and effort. Effort means you’re trying hard to get somewhere, and so you are not present, welcoming this moment as it is.”

— Eckhart Tolle

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7. “If there is no solution to the problem then don’t waste time worrying about it. If there is a solution to the problem then don’t waste time worrying about it.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

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8. “Become totally empty. Quiet the restlessness of the mind. Only then will you witness everything unfolding from emptiness.”

— Lao Tzu

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9. “Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.”

— Ramana Maharshi

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10. “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

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11. “Without inner peace, outer peace is impossible.”

— Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

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12. “Now is all you ever have. There never is anything else. So, you might as well make the now your friend. Otherwise, you are out of alignment with life itself.”

— Eckhart Tolle

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13. “The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

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14. “If one’s mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.”

— Ramana Maharshi

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15. “We can learn not to keep situations or events alive in our minds, but to return our attention continuously to the pristine, timeless present moment rather than be caught up in mental movie making.”

— Eckhart Tolle

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16. “Breathing in, there is only the present moment. Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

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17. “Retire to the center of your being, which is calmness.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

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

— Mahatma Gandhi

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19. “Go slowly, breathe and smile.”

— Nhat Hanh

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20. “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

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21. “Inner silence promotes clarity of mind; it makes us value the inner world; it trains us to go inside to the source of peace and inspiration when we are faced with problems and challenges.”

— Deepak Chopra

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22. “Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

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23. “Give up being right. Instead radiate peace, harmony, love, and laughter from your heart.”

— Deepak Chopra

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24. “You are all searching for the silence of the mountain. But you’re looking for something outside. This silence is accessible to you right now, inside the center of your own being.”

— Ramana Maharshi

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25. “Heaven is a state of mind, not a location.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

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26. “You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.”

— Khalil Gibran

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27. “Regain your senses, call yourself back, and once again wake up. Now that you realize that only dreams were troubling you, view this ‘reality’ as you view your dreams.”

— Marcus Aurelius

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28. “True change is within. Leave the outside as it is.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

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29. “True salvation is freedom from negativity, and above all from past and future as a psychological need.”

— Eckhart Tolle

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30. “A peaceful mind generates power.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

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31. “If you can win over your mind, you can win over the whole world.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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32. “It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.”

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

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33. “If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you’re needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person.”

— Seneca the Younger

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34. “There is no stress in the world, only people thinking stressful thoughts.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

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35. “A person whose mind is quiet and satisfied in God is in the pathway to health.”

— Ellen G. White

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36. “Do you remember the things you were worrying about a year ago? How did they work out? Didn’t you waste a lot of fruitless energy on account of most of them? Didn’t most of them turn out all right after all?”

— Dale Carnegie

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37. “God is unchanging in His love. He loves you. He has a plan for your life. Don’t let the newspaper headlines frighten you. God is still sovereign; He’s still on the throne.”

— Billy Graham

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38. “I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

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39. “You can look only when the mind is completely quiet.”

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

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40. “When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved.”

— Ramana Maharshi

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41. “The purpose of yoga is to put a smile on your face in spite of all the stress, tension, or situations that you are put through in your day-to-day life.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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42. “Spend some time alone every day.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

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43. “Be honest with yourself. The world is not honest with you. The world loves hypocrisy. When you are honest with yourself you find the road to inner peace.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

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44. “Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength. It does not enable us to escape evil. It makes us unfit to face evil when it comes. It is the interest you pay on trouble before it comes.”

— Corrie ten Boom

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45. “Practice peace, change your world.”

— Prem Rawat

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46. “Why should you trouble yourself about the future? You do not even properly know about the present. Take care of the present, the future will take care of itself.”

— Ramana Maharshi

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47. “I will be calm. I will be mistress of myself.”

— Jane Austen

48. “When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.”

— Ramana Maharshi

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49. “When you feel a peaceful joy, that’s when you are near truth.”

— Rumi

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50. “Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson