--- title: "12 Peace Quotes By Ajahn Chah" description: "12 Peace quotes by Ajahn Chah. Plus more from Ajahn Chah and more Peace sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/125/ajahn-chah-4829_arise_where-does-peace-arise-peace-arises-when_704674.png" --- > [Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/where-does-peace-arise-peace-arises-whenever-we-let-something-go/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/125/ajahn-chah-4829_arise_where-does-peace-arise-peace-arises-when_704674.png) > [The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/the-serene-and-peaceful-mind-is-the-true-epitome-of-human-achievement/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a0/ajahn-chah-4829_achievement_the-serene-and-peaceful-mind-is-the-true_3166719.png) > [If you let go completely you will have complete peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/if-you-let-go-completely-you-will-have-complete-peace/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/ajahn-chah-4829_completely_if-you-let-go-completely-you-will-have-c_1467180.png) > [The mind is intrinsically tranquil. Out of this tranquility, anxiety and confusion are born. If one sees and knows this confusion, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/the-mind-is-intrinsically-tranquil-out-of-this-tranquility-anxiety/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/431/ajahn-chah-4829_anxiety_the-mind-is-intrinsically-tranquil-out-o_655886.png) > [Letting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/letting-go-a-little-brings-a-little-peace-letting-go-a-lot-brings-a/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/924/ajahn-chah-4829_inspirational_letting-go-a-little-brings-a-little-peac_18462.jpg) > [Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: You won't be able to find it. But when your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/looking-for-peace-is-like-looking-for-a-turtle-with-a-mustache-you/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eab/ajahn-chah-4829_able_looking-for-peace-is-like-looking-for-a_2926607.png) > [Meditation is like a single log of wood. Insight and investigation are one end of the log; calm and concentration are the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/meditation-is-like-a-single-log-of-wood-insight-and-investigation-are/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f1/ajahn-chah-4829_both-sides_meditation-is-like-a-single-log-of-wood_971305.png) > [Once you understand non-self, then the burden of life is gone. You'll be at peace with the world. When we see beyond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/once-you-understand-non-self-then-the-burden-of-life-is-gone-you-ll/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/835/ajahn-chah-4829_attachment_once-you-understand-non-self-then-the-bu_1019795.png) > [“Do everything with a mind that lets go. Don’t accept praise or gain or anything else. If you let go a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/do-everything-with-a-mind-that-lets-go-don-t-accept-praise-or-gain-or/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11f/ajahn-chah-4829_letting_do-everything-with-a-mind-that-lets-go-d_1708028.png) > [Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/peace-is-within-oneself-to-be-found-in-the-same-place-as-agitation/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/727/ajahn-chah-4829_agitation_peace-is-within-oneself-to-be-found-in-t_2596925.png) > [“Even though some of you may experience some peace when you sit in meditation, don’t be in a hurry to congratulate yourselves.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/even-though-some-of-you-may-experience-some-peace-when-you-sit-in/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9e/ajahn-chah-4829_good-and-bad_even-though-some-of-you-may-experience-s_2994339.png) > [One man watches a river flow by. If he does not wish it to flow, to change ceaselessly in accord with its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/one-man-watches-a-river-flow-by-if-he-does-not-wish-it-to-flow-to/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/824/ajahn-chah-4829_accord_one-man-watches-a-river-flow-by-if-he-do_2718991.jpg) ## Other authors on Peace - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dalai-lama-26000.jpg) Dalai Lama 169 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/peace/dalai-lama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sun-tzu-87907.jpg) Sun Tzu 125 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/peace/sun-tzu/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 114 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/peace/mahatma-gandhi/) - [Mehmet Murat ildan 108 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/peace/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [Lailah Gifty Akita 102 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/peace/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-dwight-d-eisenhower-30965.jpg) Dwight D. Eisenhower 87 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/peace/dwight-d-eisenhower/) - [Martin Luther King, Jr 85 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/peace/martin-luther-king-jr/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-carl-von-clausewitz-21011.jpg) Carl von Clausewitz 83 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/peace/carl-von-clausewitz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nhat-hanh-70939.jpg) Nhat Hanh 81 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/peace/nhat-hanh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-einstein-10494.jpg) Albert Einstein 80 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/peace/albert-einstein/) - [Timothy Pina 76 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/peace/timothy-pina/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 76 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/peace/thomas-jefferson/) ## More by Ajahn Chah > [If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/if-you-have-time-to-be-mindful-you-have-time-to-meditate/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [Letting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/letting-go-a-little-brings-a-little-peace-letting-go-a-lot-brings-a/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [Mindfulness is life. Whenever we don’t have mindfulness, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/mindfulness-is-life-whenever-we-don-t-have-mindfulness-when-we-are/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [We don't meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/we-don-t-meditate-to-see-heaven-but-to-end-suffering/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed. In cultivating generosity, we are only oppressing our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/some-people-are-afraid-of-generosity-they-feel-they-will-be-taken/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/anything-which-is-troubling-you-anything-which-is-irritating-you-that/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [Know and watch your heart. It's pure but emotions come to colour it. So let your mind be like a tightly woven net to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/know-and-watch-your-heart-it-s-pure-but-emotions-come-to-colour-it-so/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [A woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it was hers.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/a-woman-wanted-to-know-how-to-deal-with-anger-i-asked-when-anger/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [Sati is life. Whenever we don't have sati, when we are heedless, it's as if we are dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/sati-is-life-whenever-we-don-t-have-sati-when-we-are-heedless-it-s-as/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind. Difficult or easy, the Buddha said not to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/in-practice-some-come-to-see-easily-some-with-difficulty-but-whatever/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [When sitting in meditation, say, "That's not my business!" with every thought that comes by.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/when-sitting-in-meditation-say-that-s-not-my-business-with-every/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [Proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake each moment, the effort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/proper-effort-is-not-the-effort-to-make-something-particular-happen/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [Regarding this Dhamma, it is not something that we can simply talk about or take another's word for it. We need to develop meditation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/regarding-this-dhamma-it-is-not-something-that-we-can-simply-talk/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [These days people don't search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living, raise families and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/these-days-people-don-t-search-for-the-truth-people-study-simply-in/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [Things are simply the way they are. They don't give us suffering. Like a thorn: Does a sharp thorn give us suffering? No. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/things-are-simply-the-way-they-are-they-don-t-give-us-suffering-like/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/peace/ajahn-chah/#itemlist", "name": "12 Peace Quotes By Ajahn Chah", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Where does peace arise? 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