Disturbed Quote by Epictetus

We are disturbed not by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us.

— Epictetus

The human mind is scattered. We have become negligent about our distractions, inertia, confusion, doubt, fear, and anger.

— Rajmani Tigunait

Now an extraordinary and helpful fact is that by making Mind the object of our attention, not only does the serenity which is its…

— Paul Brunton

I want my readers to be disturbed. I want them to ask, 'Could this really happen?' It is my job to think up new…

— Lois Tilton

I am not my thoughts, feelings, circumstances of changing events in life, I am the awareness, the alertness, the changeless which remains present behind…

— Marcus Thomas

It seems that great minds a hundred years ago saw what would happen today or tomorrow, while we to whom it is happening blind…

— Erich Fromm

Just as ripples radiate from the place where a stone is thrown into a pool of water, our sometime-unconscious thoughts, feelings, emotions, and beliefs…

— Gregg Braden

There are strange moments in life when the mind rests without any kind of worries. When our mind is quiet, when our mind is…

— Samael Aun Weor

Our mind is always subject to being distracted by thoughts of what happened in the past and ideas of what could happen in the…

— Sakyong Mipham

Our actions, habits, character, and future are most definitely affected by our thoughts.

— Elizabeth George

Just by being aware, thoughts start disappearing. There is no need to fight. Your awareness is enough to destroy them. And when the mind…

— Rajneesh

Our minds, like our bodies, are in continual flux; something is hourly lost, and something acquired.... Do not suffer life to stagnate; it will…

— Samuel Johnson