CURATED COLLECTION

Quieting an Overactive Mind

The loudest noise in the room is often the one inside your own head — and it can be turned down.

94 quotes found

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The great thing, if one can, is to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions of one's 'real' life.

—C.S. LewisWriter & Theologian

Post-War ERA • Western Europe

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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

—Haruki MurakamiNovelist

Contemporary ERA • East Asia

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Poverty is not a curse, but a teacher. It teaches patience and humility.

—Bahinabai ChaudhariPoet

Early Modern ERA • South Asia

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Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

—CiceroStatesman, Lawyer & Philosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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Danger arises from negligence; sorrow from heedlessness.

—I ChingAuthor & Thinker

Ancient World ERA • East Asia

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Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. All things pass.

—Teresa of ÁvilaMystic & Reformer

Renaissance ERA • Southern Europe

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Stress is not what happens to us. It is our response to what happens.

—Gabor MatéPhysician & Author

Contemporary ERA • Eastern Europe

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The oldest and shortest words 'yes' and 'no' are those which require the most thought.

—PythagorasPhilosopher & Mathematician

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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A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

—David HumePhilosopher & Historian

Enlightenment ERA • Western Europe

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Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

—ConfuciusPhilosopher

Ancient World 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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Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important.

—HesiodEpic Poet

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

—Marcus AureliusEmperor & Philosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.

—SocratesPhilosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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The way you do one thing is the way you do everything.

—Erykah BaduAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • North America

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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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To be truly free is to be free from concern for outcomes.

—ZhuangziPhilosopher

Ancient World ERA • East Asia

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Do not be hasty in words or deeds; think before you act.

—Abai QunanbaiulyPoet, Composer & Philosopher

Industrial Age ERA • Central Asia

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Solitude is the medicine of the soul, and the food of the mind.

—Francesco PetrarchScholar & Poet

Renaissance ERA • Southern Europe

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