People think it would be nice to have peace of mind, to be serene, to be calm, to be undisturbed by this, that, and the other. But as long as you make all those things objects of desire, you have defined yourself as lacking them.

Alan Watts

Nothingness and beingness are merely conceptions...

Lao Tzu

Altogether, the idea of meditation is not to create states of ecstasy or absorption, but to experience being.

Chögyam Trungpa

If you really want to feel at peace, then your goal is to let go of the ego which separates us from being at one with all which is.

Kevin Kerr

I don't mind what happens. That is the essence of inner freedom.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Let it be still, and it will gradually become clear.

Lao Tzu