I believe Stoicism can help anyone who takes it seriously and begins to practice it. It will help them flourish because it… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
If you have ever, sir, been through a breakup of a romantic relationship that involved great love, you will perhaps understand what… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
Material wealth does not equate to success. Equanimity and peace of mind does — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
“First, we must see that our negative actions arise due to prejudice and erroneous judgments. The discrimination that labels some as 'friends'… — Zongtrul Losang Tsöndru Copy Share Image
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The Zen meditative approach has a simple, unstated premise: moods and attitudes shape—determine—what we think and perceive. If we feel happy, we… — James H. Austin Copy Share Image
If there is love, there is hope that one may have real families, real brotherhood, real equanimity, real peace. If the love… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Faith enables many of us to endure life's difficulties with an equanimity that would be scarcely conceivable in a world lit only… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Equanimity is the gem in virtue's chaplet, and St. Sweetness the loveliest in her calendar. — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
“Common man's patience will bring him more happiness than common man's power.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Mindfulness practice means that we commit fully in each moment to be present; inviting ourselves to interface with this moment in full… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
He that resigns his peace to little casualties, and suffers the course of his life to be interrupted for fortuitous inadvertencies or… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
She had taken him for granted, she thought with surprise and shame, watching the flickering candlelight. She had assumed his kindness was… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
So nothing is ever good or bad unless you think it so, and vice versa. All luck is good luck to the… — Boethius Copy Share Image
“It is for your own good to love a dare-devil rather than a holy coward. A dare-devil is a unique devil, battling… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
How did I gain from not remembering my earthly self? It allowed me to go deep into realms beyond the worldly without… — Eben Alexander Copy Share Image
Life will be wonderful when men no longer fear dying. When the last superstitions are thrown out and we meet death with… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
For many, many years, I was always whipping up things in order to keep myself busy and moving ever forward and saying,… — Jane Lynch Copy Share Image
self-control, in every station and to every individual, is indispensable, if people would retain that equanimity of mind, which, depending on self-respect,… — Sarah Josepha Hale Copy Share Image
You should not cause hurt even by a word, a look or a gesture. Tolerance, fortitude, equanimity - these help you to… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
The teachings on love given by the Buddha are clear, scientific, and applicable... Love, compassion, joy, and equanimity are the very nature… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The ultimate expression of meditation comes when we can feel all the pains of the world, experience them with mindfulness and equanimity… — Shinzen Young Copy Share Image
“A person must be in tune with the light and dark forces of their nature and remain in harmony with the bands… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image