Inner peace

• "Know Thyself." ~Delphic Maxims (preceding Socrates)

• "He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe." ~Marcus Aurelius

• "Before we can make friends with anyone else, we must first make friends with ourselves." ~Eleanor Roosevelt

• "A peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience." ~William Shakespeare

• "To be at one with God is to be at peace ... peace is to be found only within, and unless one finds it there he will never find it at all. Peace lies not in the external world. It lies within one's own soul." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

• "What lies before us and what lies behind us are small matters compared to what lies within us. And when we bring what is within out into the world, miracles happen." ~Henry David Thoreau

• "The course of human history is determined, not by what happens in the skies, but by what takes place in our hearts." ~Sir Arthur Kent

• "The question of real, lasting world peace concerns human beings, so basic human feelings are also at its roots. Through inner peace, genuine world peace can be achieved. In this the importance of individual responsibility is quite clear; an atmosphere of peace must first be created within ourselves, then gradually expanded to include our families, our communities, and ultimately the whole planet. ~Dalai Lama

• "We talk about world peace. Peace needs to be in the heart of every human being because that is where it belongs." ~Maharaji (Prem Rawat)

• "Peace is peaceful" ~ The Dude in The Big Lebowski

• Rev: "Hello Tyr. Have you come to join me in meditation?"
• Tyr: "Meditation is for weak people with troubled minds. Is your mind troubled?"
• Rev: "You have an interesting way of starting a philisophical discussion"
  • From Sci-Fi series Andromeda episode The ties that Blind.

Inner peace in the scriptures

• Buddhism ~ This is peace, this is the excellent, namely the calm of all the impulses, the casting out of all basis, the extinction of craving, dispassion, stopping, Nirvana. Anguttara Nikaya v.322

• Christianity ~ Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. The Bible, John 14.27

• Confucianism ~ The Master said, "In the morning, hear the Way; in the evening, die content!", Analects 4.8

• Hinduism ~ As rivers flow into the ocean but cannot make the vast ocean overflow, so flow the streams of the sense-world into the sea of peace that is the sage. Bhagavad Gita 2.70

• Islam ~ In the remembrance of God do hearts find satisfaction. Qur'an 13.28

• Judaism ~ May the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace. The Bible, Numbers 6.26

• Sikhism ~ If a man sings of God and hears of Him,| And lets love of God sprout within him,| All his sorrows shall vanish,| And in his mind, God will bestow abiding peace. Adi Granth, Japuji 5, M.1, p. 2

• Taoism ~ Men do not mirror themselves in running water, they mirror themselves in still water. Only what is still can still the stillness of other things. Chuang Tzu 5