153 Quotes by Richard Carlson

If you want your life to stand for peace and kindness, it’s helpful to do kind, peaceful things.

Benjamin Franklin said it best: “Our limited perspective, our hopes and fears become our measure of life, and when circumstances don’t fit our ideas, they become our difficulties.

People are no longer human beings. We should be called human doings.

Pascal said, “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.

Something wonderful begins to happen with the simple realization that life, like an automobile, is driven from the inside out, not the other way around. As you focus more on becoming more peaceful with where you are, rather than focusing on where you would rather be, you begin to find peace right now, in the present. Then, as you move around, try new things, and meet new people, you carry that sense of inner peace with you. It’s absolutely true that, “Wherever you go, there you are.

Rather than diluting the positive feelings by telling others about your own kindness, by keeping it to yourself you get to retain all the positive feelings.

Proving yourself is a dangerous trap.

In a low state of mind, everything seems really bad and worse than it probably is.

Being listened to and heard is one of the greatest desires of the human heart. And those who learn to listen are the most loved and respected.