Inner Peace

166. THE SUPREME GOAL

“But I deem the highest goal of a man to be the stage in which there is neither old age, nor fear, nor disease, nor birth, nor death, nor anxieties, and in which there is not continuous renewal of activity.”

ASVAGHOSA (80–150), INDIA

167. EARTHLY PEACE

“What life can compare with this? Sitting quietly by the window, I watch leaves fall and the flowers bloom as the seasons come and go.”

SECCHO (982–1052), CHINA

168. STOP AND REALIZE

“Stopping is an entrance into the wonderful silence and peacefulness of potentiality; and realizing is an entrance into the riches of intuition and transcendental intelligence.”

MASTER CHIH-I (538–597), JAPAN

169. A WINGED MOMENT

“Didst thou ever descry a glorious eternity in a winged moment of time? Didst thou ever see a bright infinite in the narrow point of an object? Then thou knowest what spirit means – the spire top whither all things ascend harmoniously and where they meet and sit contented in an unfathomed depth of life.”

PETER STERRY (1613–1672), ENGLAND

170. TOTAL HARMONY

“He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the world.”

MARCUS AURELIUS (121–180), ROME

171. SERENITY

“You cannot perceive beauty but with a serene mind.”

HENRY DAVID THOREAU (1817–1862), USA