Top 272 Quotes & Sayings by Peace Pilgrim

Worry is a useless mulling over of things we cannot change.

Keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at lofty heights.

You're in a much better position to talk with people when they approach you than when you approach them.

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.

There is something to that old saying that hate injures the hater, not the hated.

People see themselves as the center of the universe and judge everything as it relates to them.

As I lived up to the highest light I had, higher and higher light came to me.

No one can find inner peace except by working, not in a self- centered way, but for the whole human family.

Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. If you have them, you have to take care of them! There is great freedom in simplicity of living. It is those who have enough but not too much who are the happiest.

The way of peace is the way of love. Love is the greatest power on earth. It conquers all things.

The valid research for the future is on the inner side, on the spiritual side.

I don't eat junk foods and I don't think junk thoughts.

There is a criterion by which you can judge whether the thoughts you are thinking and the things you are doing are right for you. The criterion is: Have they brought you inner peace?

This is the way of peace: Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love.

For light I go directly to the Source of light, not to any of the reflections.

To attain inner peace you must actually give your life, not just your possessions. When you at last give your life - bringing into alignment your beliefs and the way you live then, and only then, can you begin to find inner peace.

When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.

My appointed work is to awaken the divine nature that is within.

Before the tongue can speak, it must have lost the power to wound.

Humanity has only scratched the surface of its real potential.

The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace. A persistent simplification will create an inner and outer well-being that places harmony in one's life.

We are all cells in the same body of humanity.

A pilgrim is a wanderer with a purpose.

Praying without ceasing is not ritualized, nor are there even words. It is a constant state of awareness of oneness with God.

Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions.

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.

Make food a very incidental part of your life by filling your life so full of meaningful things that you'll hardly have time to think about food.

You are within God. God is within you.

Do not suppress it - that would hurt you inside. Do not express it - this would not only hurt you inside, it would cause ripples in your surroundings. What you do is transform it.

One little person, giving all of her time to peace, makes news. Many people, giving some of their time, can make history.

Do not believe in me or any other teacher, rather trust in your own inner voice. This is your guide, this is your teacher. Your teacher is within not without. Know yourself, not me!

Live in the present. Do the things that need to be done. Do all the good you can each day. The future will unfold

When you perceive that problems serve a purpose in your life, you will recognize that problems are opportunities in disguise.

A life without problems would be a barren existence, without the opportunity for spiritual growth.

If you are harboring the slightest bitterness toward anyone, or any unkind thoughts of any sort whatever, you must get rid of them quickly. They are not hurting anyone but you. It isn't enough just to do right things and say right things - you must also think right things before your life can come into harmony.

You have much more power when you are working for the right thing than when you are working against the wrong thing. And, of course, if the right thing is established wrong things will fade away of their own accord.

After you have found inner peace you have endless energy - the more you give, the more you receive. After you have found your calling, you work easily and joyously. You never get tired.

When love fills your life all limitations are gone. The medicine this sick world needs so badly is love.

We must be able to appreciate and enjoy the places where we tarry and yet pass on without anguish when we are called elsewhere. In our spiritual development we are often required to pull up roots many times and to close many chapters in our lives until we are no longer attached to any material thing and can love all people without any attachment to them.

I have chosen the positive approach - instead of stressing the bad things which I am against, I stress the good things which I am for.

Do you know God? Do you know there is a power greater than ourselves which manifests itself within us as well as everywhere else in the universe? This I call God. Do you know what it is to know God, to have God's constant guidance, a constant awareness of God's presence? To know God is to reflect love toward all people and all creations. To know God is to feel peace within - a calmness, a serenity, an unshakeableness which enables you to face any situation. To know God is to be so filled with joy that it bubbles over and goes forth to bless the world.

Never think of any right effort as being fruitless. All right effort bears fruit, whether we see the results or not.

In order to help usher in the golden age we must see the good in people. We must know it is there, no matter how deeply it may be buried. Yes, apathy is there and selfishness is there - but good is there also. It is not through judgment that the good can be reached, but through love and faith.

If only you could see the whole picture, if you knew the whole story, you would realize that no problem ever comes to you that does not have a purpose in your life, that cannot contribute to your inner growth. When you perceive this, you will recognize that problems are opportunities in disguise. If you did not face problems, you would just drift through life. It is through solving problems in accordance with the highest light we have that inner growth is attained.

Fountain of Love my source is in thee - Loving thy will my spirit is free - Beautiful day when all of us see - The hope of the world is Love!

I no longer become angry. I not only do not say angry words, I do not even think angry thoughts! If someone does an unkind thing to me I feel only compassion instead of resentment. Even upon those who cause suffering I look with deep compassion, knowing the harvest of sorrow that lies in store for them. If there were those who hated me, I would love them in return, knowing that hatred can only be overcome by love, and knowing that there is good in all human beings which can be reached by a loving approach.

Truth is the pearl without price. One cannot obtain truth by buying it-all you can do is to strive for spiritual truth and when one is ready, it will be given freely. Nor should spiritual truth be sold, lest the seller be injured spiritually. You lose any spiritual contact the moment you commercialize it. Those who have the truth would not be packaging and selling it, so anyone who is selling it, really does not possess it.

You can visualize God's light each day and send it to someone who needs help. Your divine nature must reach out and touch the divine nature of another. Within you is the light of the world, it must be shared with the world.

We are all cells in the body of humanity - all of us, all over the world. Each one has a contribution to make, and will know from within what this contribution is.

Humanity can only improve as people improve. When you have improved your life, you can inspire those around you to want to improve their lives. Remember that a few in harmony with God's will are more powerful than multitudes out of harmony.

For those of you who are seeing the spiritual life, I recommend these four daily practices: Spend time alone each day in receptive silence. When angry, or afflicted with any negative emotion, take time to be alone with God. (Do not talk with people who are angry; they are irrational and cannot be reasoned with. If you or they are angry, it is best to leave and pray.) Visualize God's light each day and send it to someone who needs help. Exercise the body, it is the temple of the soul.

Constantly through thought you are creating your inner conditions and helping to create the conditions around you. So keep your thoughts on the positive side, think about the best that could happen, think about the good things you want to happen.

Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love. The message isn't new, but we haven't learned to live it yet.

You must give if you want to receive. Let the center of your being be one of giving, giving, giving. You can't give too much, and you will discover you cannot give without receiving.

Live according to your highest light and more light will be given.

The pain and suffering that comes to us has a purpose in our lives-it is trying to teach us something. We should look for its lesson.

What we usually call human evolution is the awakening of the divine nature within us.

Life is like a mirror. Smile at it and it smiles back at you.

It is not through judgment that the good in people can be reached, but through love and faith.

There is great freedom in simplicity of living.