Quotes about Inner peace

Do not let your peace depend on the hearts of men; whatever they say about you, good or bad, you are not because of it another man, for as you are, you are.

A man that is well ordered in his soul needeth little the unkind demeanor of worldly people nor yet their proud behavior.

Next to prayer, Fishing is the most personal relationship of man.

The ideal man is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy.

I begin to see that a man's got to be in his own heaven to be happy.

joy is not found in the things which surround us, but lives only in the soul.

The good devout man first makes inner preparation for the actions he has later to perform. His outward actions do not draw him into lust and vice; rather it is he who bends them into the shape of reason and right judgement. Who has a stiffer battle to fight than the man who is striving to conquer himself.

In omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro. (Everywhere I have sought peace and not found it, except in a corner with a book.)

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

He will easily be content and at peace, whose conscience is pure.

He has great tranquillity of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.

All men desire peace, but very few desire those things that make for peace.