Presence

“Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.”

Christian D. Larson

Your Forces and How to Use Them

“Truth is not truth for us until we have made it our own through reflection.”

Horatio W. Dresser

The Power of Silence

“Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.”

James Allen

As a Man Thinketh

“Seeing is better than being blind, even when seeing hurts.”

Abraham Maslow

Toward a Psychology of Being

“The menu is not the meal.”

Alan Watts

The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

“We seldom realize that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own, for we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.”

Alan Watts

The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

“Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.”

Alan Watts

The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

“Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.”

Alan Watts

The Wisdom of Insecurity

“Without sharing there can never be justice in the world. If there is no justice there can never be peace.”

Benjamin Creme

The Reappearance of the Christ and the Masters of Wisdom

“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”

Dale Carnegie

How to Win Friends and Influence People

“When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures of emotion.”

Dale Carnegie

How to Win Friends and Influence People

“Do you need Me? I am there.”

James Dillet Freeman

I Am There

“I am in you, and you are in Me.”

James Dillet Freeman

I Am There

“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.”

Joseph Campbell

Reflections on the Art of Living: A Joseph Campbell Companion

“Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.”

Joseph Campbell

The Power of Myth

“Mental health is an ongoing process of dedication to reality at all costs.”

M. Scott Peck

The Road Less Traveled

“I will greet this day with love in my heart.”

Og Mandino

The Greatest Salesman in the World

“Be here now.”

Ram Dass

Be Here Now

“Emotions are like waves. Watch them disappear in the distance on the vast calm ocean.”

Ram Dass

Be Here Now

“If you think you're free, there's no escape possible.”

Ram Dass

Be Here Now

“In order to cause a shadow to disappear, you must shine light on it.”

Shakti Gawain

Creative Visualization

“No matter what your spiritual condition is, no matter where you find yourself in the universe, your choice is always the same: to expand your awareness or contract it.”

Thaddeus Golas

The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment

“I am a lover of what is, not because I'm a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality.”

Byron Katie

Loving What Is

“Awe is the feeling of being in the presence of something vast that transcends your current understanding of the world.”

Dacher Keltner

Awe

“We can find awe, then, in eight wonders of life: moral beauty, collective effervescence, nature, music, visual design, spirituality and religion, life and death, and epiphany.”

Dacher Keltner

Awe

“Simply being in a context of awe leads to a 'small self.'”

Dacher Keltner

Awe

“Don't take anything personally.”

Don Miguel Ruiz

The Four Agreements

“Nothing other people do is because of you. It is because of themselves.”

Don Miguel Ruiz

The Four Agreements

“Awareness is the greatest agent for change.”

Eckhart Tolle

A New Earth

“True intelligence operates silently. Stillness is where creativity and solutions to problems are found.”

Eckhart Tolle

Stillness Speaks

“The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.”

Eckhart Tolle

The Power of Now

“Sooner or later, we must all accept the fact that in a relationship, the only person you are dealing with is yourself.”

Iyanla Vanzant

In the Meantime

“Wherever you go, there you are.”

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Wherever You Go, There You Are

“You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Wherever You Go, There You Are

“The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness.”

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Wherever You Go, There You Are

“Breathe and let be... Give yourself permission to allow this moment to be exactly as it is, and allow yourself to be exactly as you are.”

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Wherever You Go, There You Are

“It helps to have a focus for your attention, an anchor line to tether you to the present moment and to guide you back when the mind wanders.”

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Wherever You Go, There You Are

“Self-compassion provides an island of calm, a refuge from the stormy seas of endless positive and negative self-judgment.”

Kristin Neff

Self-Compassion

“Live in the now while building your future.”

Lisa Nichols

Abundance Now

“The point of power is always in the present moment.”

Louise Hay

You Can Heal Your Life

“There is nothing more important to true growth than realizing that you are not the voice of the mind—you are the one who hears it.”

Michael Singer

The Untethered Soul

“Only you can take inner freedom away from yourself, or give it to yourself. Nobody else can.”

Michael Singer

The Untethered Soul

“Eventually you will see that the real cause of a problem is not life itself. It's the commotion the mind makes about life that really causes the problems.”

Michael Singer

The Untethered Soul

“Everything will be okay as soon as you are okay with everything. And that's the only time everything will be okay.”

Michael Singer

The Untethered Soul

“Focus on the moment, not the monsters that may or may not be up ahead.”

Ryan Holiday

The Obstacle Is the Way

“Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.”

Sharon Salzberg

Real Happiness

“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Peace Is Every Step

“The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Peace Is Every Step

“Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Peace Is Every Step

“Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Peace Is Every Step

“Peace is present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything we do and see.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Peace Is Every Step

“Smile, breathe, and go slowly.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Peace Is Every Step

“All conditioned things are impermanent. When one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.”

Buddha

Dhammapada, Ch. 20, v. 277 (trans. Acharya Buddharakkhita)

“Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.”

Buddha

Dhammapada, Ch. 8, v. 100 (trans. Thomas Byrom)

“Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.”

Epicurus

Letter to Menoeceus

“The supreme good is like water, which nourishes all things without trying to. It is content with the low places that people disdain. Thus it is like the Tao.”

Lao Tzu

Tao Te Ching, Ch. 8 (trans. Stephen Mitchell)

“You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.”

Marcus Aurelius

Meditations, Book 2.11 (trans. Gregory Hays)

“Confine yourself to the present.”

Marcus Aurelius

Meditations, Book 8.36

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there.”

Rumi

The Essential Rumi, "A Great Wagon" (Coleman Barks interpretation, not a literal translation)

“Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.”

Rumi

The Essential Rumi, from the Masnavi (Coleman Barks interpretation, not a literal translation)

“Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.”

Seneca

Letters from a Stoic, Letter 101

“When your mind is free from the distractions created by resistance, you are free to create your dream life.”

Matthew Ferry

Quiet Mind Epic Life

“Enlightenment is the recognition that the source of life within you is also the source of life in everyone and everything else. We are all one thing expressing itself with infinite variety.”

Matthew Ferry

Quiet Mind Epic Life