Great changes start with individuals; the basis of world peace is inner peace in the hearts of individuals.
Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.
No burden is so heavy for a man to bear as a succession of happy days.
As long as we hold unforgivable thoughts in our mind, we will not be able to experience total inner peace.
It is only through inner peace that we can have true outer freedom.
The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.
If you pursue happiness you never find it.
Yoga takes you close to your true nature. Yoga with its techniques helps you to harmonize with nature. Peace is our very nature, and yoga leads you to inner peace
Do not blindly believe what others say. See for yourself what brings contentment, clarity and peace. That is the path for you to follow.
The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.
It is much more likely that help comes in when what you are doing is done while you are in a state of inner peace, rather than resistance.
Happiness is a hard thing because it is achieved only by making others happy.
Happiness is not the endless pursuit of pleasant experiences - that sounds more like a recipe for exhaustion - but a way of being that results from cultivating a benevolent mind, emotional balance, inner freedom, inner peace and wisdom. Each of these qualities is a skill that can be enhanced through training the mind.
We yearn for there to be meaning to our lives, balanced with a sense of inner peace & joy.
We limit ourselves by thinking things can't be done. Many think peace in the world is impossible - many think that inner peace cannot be attained. It is the one who doesn't know it can't be done who does it!
One must never look for happiness: one meets it by the way.
World peace begins with inner peace.
When you produce peace and happiness in yourself, you begin to realize peace for the whole world. With the smile that you produce in yourself, with the conscious breathing you establish within yourself, you begin to work for peace in the world.
Life without death and happiness without misery are contradiction and neither can be found alone, because each of them is a different manifestation of the same thing.
All religion teaches the virtues of love, altruism and patience, while showing us how to discipline and transform ourselves to achieve inner peace and a kind heart. Therefore, they are worthy of our respect.