CURATED COLLECTION

Finding Inner Peace

Peace is not the absence of noise — it's the capacity to remain still inside it.

50 quotes found

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In old age, one desires tranquility and finds it in nothingness.

—Wang WeiPoet & Painter

Medieval ERA • East Asia

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We are disturbed not by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens.

—EpictetusPhilosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.

—PythagorasPhilosopher & Mathematician

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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You have a right to perform your prescribed duties, but not to the fruits of your actions.

—Bhagavad GitaAuthor & Thinker

Ancient World ERA • South Asia

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A poor man with a contented heart is richer than a king with a troubled mind.

—Saadi ShiraziPoet & Writer

Medieval ERA • MENA

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He who is without a self has no wants, and he who has no wants has no fears.

—LieziTaoist Philosopher

Ancient World ERA • East Asia

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I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally.

—Audrey HepburnActress & Humanitarian

Post-War ERA • Western Europe

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Peace is not the absence of war; it is a virtue, a state of mind.

—Baruch SpinozaPhilosopher

Renaissance ERA • Western Europe

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Such a Soul lives in peace without question, without asking anything of God.

—Marguerite PoreteMystic & Author

Medieval ERA • Western Europe

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Calm is not where nothing bothers you. Calm is where you can handle what bothers you.

—Alain de BottonAuthor & Philosopher

Digital Age ERA • Western Europe

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Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

—Siddhartha GautamaScholar & Thinker

Ancient World ERA • South Asia

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Don't seek for everything to happen as you wish, but choose for things to happen as they do.

—EpictetusPhilosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you.

—LaoziPhilosopher & Author

Ancient World ERA • East Asia

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Silence is a state of being, not an absence of sound.

—Osip MandelstamPoet

Early Modern ERA • Eastern Europe

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Sweet it is, when on the great sea, the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore.

—LucretiusEpicurean Poet & Philosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

—EpictetusPhilosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

—René DescartesPhilosopher & Mathematician

Renaissance ERA • Western Europe

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A man is happy when he is happy with himself.

—Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWriter, Scientist & Statesman

Enlightenment ERA • Western Europe

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Attachment is the root of all suffering. Detach from outcomes for true freedom.

—Dalai Lama (14th)Spiritual Leader

Contemporary ERA • East Asia

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Fear is not driven out by the sword but by reason.

—LucretiusEpicurean Poet & Philosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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