Gerald Jampolsky Quotes

It's not the situation that's causing your stress, it's your thoughts, and you can change that right here and now. You can choose to be peaceful right here and now. Peace is a choice, and it has nothing to do with what other people do or think.

When we think we have been hurt by someone in the past, we build up defenses to protect ourselves from being hurt in the future. So the fearful past causes a fearful future and the past and future become one. We cannot love when we feel fear.... When we release the fearful past and forgive everyone, we will experience total love and oneness with all.

Other people do not have to change for us to experience peace of mind.

How simple it is to see that we can only be happy now, and that there will never be a time when it is not now.

The ego searches for shortcomings and weaknesses. Love watches for any sign of strength. It sees how far each one has come and not how far he has to go.

The law of Love is based on abundance; we are completely filled with Love all the time, and our supply is always full and running over. When we give our Love unconditionally to others with no expectations of return, the Love within us extends, expands, and joins. So by giving our Love away we increase the Love within us and everyone gains.

Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change other, but by simply accepting them as they are. True acceptance is always without demands and expectations.

Fear and love can never be experienced at the same time. It is always our choice as to which of these emotions we want.

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.

Love is the total absence of fear. Love asks no questions. Its natural state is one of extension and expansion, not comparison and measurement.

Today I am determined to go through the day with ought hurting myself, or another, with my thoughts or my actions.

Look at a person's light, not their lampshade.

Giving means extending one's love with no conditions, no expectations and no boundaries. . . Peace of minds occurs, therefore, when we put all our attention into giving and have no desire to get anything from, or to change, another person. . . The giving motivation leads to a sense of inner peace and joy that is unrelated to time.

Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others.

Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions.

The mind can be thought of as containing reels and reels of motion picture film about our past experiences. These images are superimposed not only on each other but also on the lens through which we experience the present.

Not judging is another way of letting go of fear and experiencing Love. When we learn not to judge others - and totally accept them, and not want to change them - we can simultaneously learn to accept ourselves.

Love is the part of us that is real.

Your attitude is everything, and it determines how you experience every aspect of your life

The world does not have to change.... The only thing that has to change is our attitude.

To be consistent in achieving inner peace, we must perceive a world where everyone is innocent.

Forgiveness means letting go of the past.

The best way to navigate through life is to give up all of our controls.

There would be very little to dislike in other people if we refused to bring to them all of our own judgements and petty grievances.

Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness.