„You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.“
Eckhart Tolle198
German writer 1948Related quotes
„Life is not a search for experience, but for ourselves. Having discovered our own fundamental level we realize that it conforms to our own destiny and we find peace.“
— Cesare Pavese Italian poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator 1908 - 1950
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
„To have enough curiosity to start to question your deepest identity is absolutely vital and essential to spiritual awakening, and to the realization of peace and freedom.“
— Adyashanti Spiritual teacher 1962
The Basic Teachings - Part 1: Principles of the Teaching (2009)
„Imagine all the food you have eaten in your life and consider that you are simply some of that food, rearranged.“
— Max Tegmark Swedish-American cosmologist 1967
Consciousness as a State of Matter https://arxiv.org/abs/1401.1219
„The deepest secret is that life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation. You are not discovering yourself, but creating yourself anew. Seek, therefore, not to find out Who You Are, seek to determine Who You Want to Be.“
— Neale Donald Walsch American writer 1943
Variant: The deepest secret is that life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation. You are not discovering yourself, but creating yourself anew. Seek therefore, not to find out Who You Are, but seek to determine Who You Want to Be.
„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 them — then, and only then, can you begin to find inner peace.“
— Peace Pilgrim American non-denominational spiritual teacher 1908 - 1981
p. 95 (1994 edition)
„When you live your life acting upon your deepest intuitions, no decision you ever make in life will be feared or a risk.“
— Keshia Chante Canadian actor and musician 1988
Official Website (2009)
„You cannot find peace by avoiding life, Leonard.“
— Michael Cunningham, book The Hours
Variant: You cannot find peace by avoiding life.
Source: The Hours
„You are here to realize your inner divinity and manifest your innate enlightenment. Foster peace in your own life and then apply the Art to all than you encounter.“
— Morihei Ueshiba founder of aikido 1883 - 1969
As quoted in Inspire! What Great Leaders Do (2004) by Lance Secretan, p. 45
Context: The Art of Peace begins with you. Work on yourself and your appointed task in the Art of Peace. Everyone has a spirit that can be refined, a body that can be trained in some manner, a suitable path to follow. You are here to realize your inner divinity and manifest your innate enlightenment. Foster peace in your own life and then apply the Art to all than you encounter.
„Realize that the people in your present environment might very well be the people with whom you will live out your life, and who will be with you at the time of death.“
— Bhakti Tirtha Swami American Hindu writer 1950 - 2005
Source: Books, Spiritual Warrior, Volume III: Solace for the Heart in Difficult Times (Hari-Nama Press, 2000), Chapter 9 - Serving the World Community
„If you do not find peace inside your own heart, then you will not find it anywhere else on earth.“
— Sri Chinmoy Indian writer and guru 1931 - 2007
#19822, Part 199
Twenty Seven Thousand Aspiration Plants Part 1-270 (1983)
„You may not control life's circumstances, but getting to be the author of your life means getting to control what you do with them.“
— Atul Gawande, book Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Source: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
„It’s vital that you accept yourself and learn to be happy with who God made you to be. If you want to truly enjoy your life, you must be at peace with yourself.“
— Joel Osteen American televangelist and author 1963
Source: Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential
„Other people are going to find healing in your wounds. Your greatest life messages and your most effective ministry will come out of your deepest hurts.“
— Rick Warren Christian religious leader 1954
Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?
„Find the person who will love you because of your differences and not in spite of them and you have found a lover for life.“
— Leo Buscaglia Motivational speaker, writer 1924 - 1998
„[W]hen you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.“
— Nora Ephron Film director, author screenwriter 1941 - 2012
Source: When Harry Met Sally