Letting yourself be overtaken by negative emotions leads to suffering. Therefore, it’s important to recognize the shortcomings of an unruly, undisciplined mind. If you train your mind, you’ll suffer less.

If we think only of ourselves, forget about other people, then our minds occupy very small area. Inside that small area, even tiny problem appears very big.

Whether our action is wholesome or unwholesome depends on whether that action or deed arises from a disciplined or undisciplined state of mind. It is felt that a disciplined mind leads to happiness and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering, and in fact it is said that bringing about discipline within one’s mind is the essence of the Buddha’s teaching.

The mind is compared to a wild horse,and the practice of ethics is compared to the reins by which this wild horse is tamed.

No matter how educated or wealthy you are, if you don’t have peace of mind, you won’t be happy. 

A happy mind is a healthy mind, and a healthy mind is good for the body.

The greater the level of calmness of our mind, the greater our peace of mind, the greater our ability to enjoy a happy and joyful life.

Happiness is determined more by one’s state of mind than by external events.

Happiness is determined more by one's state of mind than by external events.

An open heart is an open mind.

But I believe in love, you know; love is a uniquely portable magic. I don’t think it’s in the stars, but I do believe that blood calls to blood and mind calls to mind and heart to heart.

Without the sense of fellowship with men of like mind, of preoccupation with the objective, the eternally unattainable in the field of art and scientific research, life would have seemed to me empty.

I soon learned to scent out what was able to lead to fundamentals and to turn aside from everything else, from the multitude of things that clutter up the mind.

I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.

Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.

What the mind doesn't understand, it worships or fears.

It is the cheerful mind that is persevering. It is the strong mind that hews its way through a thousand difficulties.

The mind is everything. What you think you become.