"The more refined one is, the more unhappy."
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"True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one's self; but the point is not only to get out - you must stay out; and to stay out you must have some absorbing errand."
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"If your mental attitude is positive, even when threats abound, you won’t lose your inner peace. On the other hand, if your mind is negative, marked by fear, suspicion and feelings of helplessness, even among your best friends, in a pleasant atmosphere and comfortable surroundings, you won’t be happy."
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"Before we can make friends with anyone else, we must first make friends with ourselves."
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"Peace starts within each one of us. When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us."
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"It's not the tragedies that kill us; it's the messes."
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"If you have inner peace, nobody can force you to be a slave to the outer reality."
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"If I really want inner peace in my life, then I must not busy myself with what other people do and say."
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"The secret of happiness is something to do."
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"Peace is a necessary condition of spirituality, no less than an inevitable result of it."
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"Our mind is full of anger, jealousy and other negative feelings. Yet we do not realize that these are incompatible with inner peace and joy."
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"We don't realize that, somewhere within us all, there does exist a supreme self who is eternally at peace."
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"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."
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"Surrender is a journey from the outer turmoil to the inner peace."
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"No price is too great to pay for inner peace."
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"In order to lead a meaningful life, you need to cherish others, pay attention to human values and try to cultivate inner peace."
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"If we have a positive mental attitude, then even when surrounded by hostility, we shall not lack inner peace."
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"World peace begins with inner peace."
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"Compassion is a mental quality that can bring us true lasting inner peace and inner strength."
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"When your sense of self is no longer tied to thought, is no longer conceptual, there is a depth of feeling, of sensing, of compassion, of loving, that was not there when you were trapped in mental concepts. You are that depth."
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