Inner Peace for Busy People Quotes

“What a paradox that is. The things you dislike the most succeed in taking up the majority of your mental time.”
― Joan Borysenko, Inner Peace for Busy People: 52 Simple Strategies for Transforming Life

“The Mozart Effect and The Mozart Effect for Children. Pardon the pun, but his works have obviously struck a chord, since millions of the CDs and cassette tapes that accompany his books have also been sold. Strengthen the Mind features music for intelligence and learning, Heal the Body presents music for rest and relaxation, and Unlock the Creative Spirit focuses on music for imagination and creativity. Don chose other musical selections especially for the needs of pregnant mothers, infants, and children. The director of the coronary-care unit at Baltimore Hospital states that listening to classical music for half an hour produces the same effect as ten milligrams of Valium.”
― Joan Borysenko, Inner Peace for Busy People: 52 Simple Strategies for Transforming Life

“There’s a Buddhist saying that peace is like a sun that’s always shining in your heart. It’s just hidden behind clouds of fear, doubt, worry, and desire that continually orient you toward the past or the future. The sun comes out only when you’re in the present moment.”
― Joan Borysenko, Inner Peace for Busy People: 52 Simple Strategies for Transforming Life

“In Bali, even mundane things are reminders of the sacred.”
― Joan Borysenko, Inner Peace for Busy People: 52 Simple Strategies for Transforming Life

“it’s better to prepare the speaker than the speech,”
― Joan Borysenko, Inner Peace for Busy People: 52 Simple Strategies for Transforming Life

“Patience is peace. Learning to be patient is a continual practice that takes years to ripen. Let it unfold, day by day, and be gentle with yourself in the learning.”
― Joan Borysenko, Inner Peace for Busy People: 52 Simple Strategies for Transforming Life

“Real patience requires a gentle willingness to let life unfold at its own pace. This willingness, in turn, requires mindfulness.”
― Joan Borysenko, Inner Peace for Busy People: 52 Simple Strategies for Transforming Life

“A lot of energy is used up in the name of this false patience.”
― Joan Borysenko, Inner Peace for Busy People: 52 Simple Strategies for Transforming Life