Echoes

To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.

The primary indication, to my thinking, of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company.

How easy it is to repel and to wipe away every impression which is troublesome or unsuitable, and immediately to be in all tranquility.

The best fighter is never angry.

If a warrior is not unattached to life and death, he will be of no use whatsoever. The saying that "All abilities come from one mind" sounds as though it has to do with sentient matters, but it is in fact a matter of being unattached to life and death. With such non-attachment one can accomplish any feat.

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.

We place the happy life in the security of the mind and in freedom from all obligations.

Nowhere you can go is more peaceful — more free of interruptions — than your own soul.

You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

Silence is a source of great strength.

Mind is the king of the senses; breath is the king of the mind.

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

All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts.

First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

The stomach is not to be loaded, for there is nothing so hostile to thought as a full belly.

They can, because they think they can.

In the words of the ancients, one should make his decisions within the space of seven breaths. It is a matter of being determined and having the spirit to break right through to the other side.

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.

Accept everything just the way it is.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine — and shadows will fall behind you.

Men seek retreats for themselves, houses in the country, sea-shores, and mountains. But this is altogether a mark of the most common sort of men, for it is in thy power whenever thou shalt choose to retire into thyself. For nowhere either with more quiet or more freedom from trouble does a man retire than into his own soul.

What I urge is that you so learn to control the machinery as to live with 'day-tight compartments' as the most certain way to ensure safety on the voyage. Touch a button and hear, at every level of your life, the iron doors shutting out the dead yesterdays and the unborn to-morrows.