Inner Work Quotes

Get the inside right, and the outside will take care of itself.

Instead of always asking yourself why so-and-so acts this or that way, learn to ask: "What's inside of me that wants to hurt itself over how anyone else acts?"

If you have anything in your heart other than love, you've got to get it out.

Do the moment-to-moment work of dropping anything that wants to drag you down, and Reality itself will see to it that you rise.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in.

Shadow work is the path of the heart warrior.

You cannot solve a problem with the mind that created it. First you must change the mind.

When a man starts out to build a world, He starts first with himself

Success is not something you get out of what you do.

The ground of being is the ground of our being, and when we simply turn outward, we see all of these little problems here and there. But, if we look inward, we see that we are the source of them all.

Do not worry about what others are doing! Each of us should turn the searchlight inward and purify his or her own heart as much as possible.

When you notice a fault in your neighbour, search for the same in yourself.

Let us carve gems out of our stony hearts and let them light our path to love.

You have mourned over others; now sit down for a while and weep over your own self.

Anything that you resent and strongly react to in another is also in you.

Vigilance in oneself is very important. Vigilance means to be alert to what happens inside, so you can catch an old, collective habit pattern.

In fact, I am aware of the fake entities in my life.I know that I can clear them if I wanted to in a moment.But all this hollowness Needs my Sincerity.

Attitude is an inner concept. It is the most important thing you can develop in your life.

Anything inside that immobilizes me, gets in my way, keeps me from my goals, is all mine.

Many of the faults you see in others, dear reader,are your own nature reflected in them.

Until the juice ferments a while in the cask, it isn't wine. If you wish your heart to be bright, you must do a little work.

Stay in the spiritual fire. Let it cook you.

In Silence there is eloquence. Stop weaving and see how the pattern improves.

Many times we ask people to march outwardly, when we haven't yet spent the needed time inwardly.

You don't need to condemn. Just observe, That is sin. That is insanity. That is unconsciousness. Above all, don't forget to observe your own mind. Seek out the root of the insanity there.

[Relationships] do not cause pain and unhappiness. They bring out the pain and unhappiness that is already in you

What you feel is wrong or missing in your relationships is an indication that something is amiss within you.