If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
GB Gautama BuddhaSpiritual teacher · c. 5th c. BCEWhat this quote means
Peace is not something to chase in your circumstances or other people. It is cultivated inside, then carried out into the world.
Context
Founder of Buddhism, whose teachings on the mind, compassion, and the present moment span millennia.
This line is among the quotes by Gautama Buddha that readers return to on calm — a small, portable reminder to carry into the morning.
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