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Peace of Mind Quotes and Quotations
 The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.  It takes time, love, and support to find peace with the restless one. The only peace, the only security, is in fulfillment. Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst. In truth, to attain to interior peace, one must be willing to pass through the contrary to peace. When at night you cannot sleep, talk to the Shepherd and stop counting sheep. When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere. If you do not find peace in yourself, you will never find it anywhere else. If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having. Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. Peace does not dwell in outward things, but within the soul; we may preserve it in the midst of the bitterest pain, if our will remains firm and submissive. Peace in this life springs from acquiescence to, not in an exemption from, suffering. Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. In a world filled with causes for worry and anxiety ... we need the peace of God standing guard over our hearts and minds. Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of God no matter what the conflict. There may be those on earth who dress better or eat better, but those who enjoy the peace of God sleep better. This is a sane, wholesome, practical, working faith: That it is a man's business to do the will of God; second, that God himself takes on the care of that man; and third, that therefore that man ought never to be afraid of anything. When we believe that God is Father, we also believe that such a father's hand will never cause his child a needless tear. We may not understand life any better, but we will not resent life any longer. The peace is won by accompanying God into the battle. I do not want the peace which pass-eth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace. It takes more distress and poison to kill someone who has peace of mind and loves life. She could not separate success from peace of mind. The two must go together. 
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