Inspirational Quote by Marcus Aurelius

If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it.

— Marcus Aurelius

It is within our power not to make a judgement about something, and so not disturb our minds; for nothing in itself possesses the…

— Marcus Aurelius

I readily admit that I have such a great respect for what happens in the human soul that I would be afraid of disturbing…

— Carl Jung

What disturbs people, these are not things, but the judgments relating to things

— Epictetus

"Externality" is a different phenomenon from akrasia and doesn't always come with it. The set of desires and actions from which one feels alienated…

— Nomy Arpaly

“Erase the false impressions from your mind by constantly saying to yourself, I have it in my soul to keep out any evil, desire…

— Ryan Holiday

My external sensations are no less private to my self than are my thoughts or my feelings. In either case my experience falls within…

— F. H. Bradley

The constant reprimands made me hyperconscious of my own performance, and so instead of getting rid of self, I had become embedded in the…

— Karen Armstrong

My work disturbs people and nobody wants to be disturbed. They are not fully aware of the effect my work has on them, but…

— Louise Bourgeois

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

— Epictetus

Don't judge or analyze what you observe. Watch the thought, feel the emotion, observe the reaction. Don't make a personal problem out of them.…

— Eckhart Tolle

When you stand in your own authority, based in your own direct experience, you meet that ultimate mystery that you are. Even though it…

— Adyashanti