External Things Quotes

34 quotes by 25 authors

Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly believe it requires… — Daniel Boone
All cravings are the mind seeking salvation or fulfillment in external things and in the future as a substitute for the joy of Being. As… — Eckhart Tolle
Happiness can only be found within, by breaking attachments to external things and cultivating an attitude of acceptance. — Jonathan Haidt
All cravings are the mind seeking salvation or fulfillment in external things and in the future as a substitute for the joy of Being. — Eckhart Tolle
There's something therapeutic about nudity. Clothing is one of the external things about a character. Take away the Gucci or Levi's and we're all the… — Kevin Bacon
The senses do not enable us to cognize any entity in its Being; they merely serve to announce the ways in which 'external' Things within-the-world… — Martin Heidegger
The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means of happiness or good: particular… — Joseph Butler
I don't blame or complain about things like the economy, the government, taxes, employees, gas prices, or any of the external things that I don't… — Jack Canfield
Real happiness is not dependent on external things. — William Lyon Phelps
Real happiness is not dependent on external things. The pond is fed from within. The kind of happiness that stays with you is the happiness… — William Lyon Phelps
My God, since you are with me and since, by Your will, I must occupy myself with external things, please grant me the grace to… — Brother Lawrence
We cannot observe external things without some degree of Thought; nor can we reflect upon our Thoughts, without being influenced in the course of our… — William Whewell
Uniqueness does not come from external things that people do to themselves or other things like what they wear. All the uniqueness that radiates to… — Eva Mozes Kor
Physical condition or advancing of age are not obstacles to a perfect life. God does not look at external things but at the soul. — Pope John Paul II
Because of your belief in external things you think power into them by transferring the power that you are to the external thing. Realize you… — Neville Goddard
Happiness does not come from external things as we're really taught as children. It doesn't come from Santa Claus. Happiness is from within your mind.… — Frederick Lenz
You know, that's what I've regretted the most, that joy. Of course, later there were times when I felt happy, but happiness is to joy… — Susanna Tamaro
The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things. — Epictetus
All violent feelings have the same effect. They produce in us a falseness in all our impressions of external things, which I would generally characterize… — John Ruskin
To me the ego is the habitual and compulsive thought processes that go through everybody's mind continuously. External things like possessions or memories or failures… — Eckhart Tolle

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