Circumstances Quote by Marcus Aurelius

When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity lose no time in recovering your self-control, and do not remain out of tune longer than you…

— Marcus Aurelius

“The instinct that drives compulsion is universal. It is an attempt to solve the problem of disconnection, alienation, tepid despair... the problem is ultimately…

— Russell Brand

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

When jarred, unavoidably, by circumstance revert at once to yourself and don't lose the rhythm more than you can help. You'll have a better…

— Marcus Aurelius

Have the daring to stop doing the things you really don't want to do. Can you see them? Look closely. Can you observe the…

— Vernon Howard

Control your vibrations and you are the master of your own harmony.

— Suzy Kassem

Whenever you aren’t manipulating your experience, you’re meditating. As soon as you meditate because you think you should, you’re controlling your experience again, and…

— Adyashanti

If you don't disturb yourself, like a broken gong does not vibrate, then you have achieved nirvana. Irritability no longer exists for you.

— Gautama Buddha

any compulsion tries to justify itself.

— Joan Didion

“When you permit an outside agency to control your feelings and emotions at frequent intervals for a prolonged period, your system will soon get…

— Christian D. Larson

Within me is the potential to commit every evil act I see being committed by other men, and unless I feel this potential, I…

— Hugh Prather

The minute you start to strategize too much, the more you start to think you're in control of your own fate. And you're not,…

— James McAvoy