Top quotes by Gerald Jampolsky

Love is the total absence of fear. Love asks no questions. Its natural state is one of extension and expansion, not comparison and measurement. Votes: 31

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. Votes: 25

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. Votes: 24

Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others. Votes: 17

There is no right or wrong behavior. The only meaningful choice is between fear and love. Votes: 14

Forgiveness means letting go of the past. Votes: 12

The best way to navigate through life is to give up all of our controls. Votes: 12

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. Votes: 10

Listening with undivided attention and unconditional love Is perhaps the greatest gift we can extend to others. Votes: 10

Forgiveness is an inner correction that lightens the heart. It is for our peace of mind first. Being at peace, we will now have peace to give to others, and this is the most permanent and valuable gift we can possibly give. Votes: 9

Other people do not have to change for us to experience peace of mind. Votes: 8

You can choose to be peaceful right here and now ... it has nothing to do with what other people do or think. Votes: 7

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. Votes: 7

You can be right or you can be happy. Votes: 7

Through our willingness to help others we can learn to be happy rather than depressed. Votes: 7

Your attitude is everything, and it determines how you experience every aspect of your life Votes: 6

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. Votes: 6

Everyday ask yourself the question, "Do I want to experience Peace of Mind or do I want to experience Conflict? Votes: 6

Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Votes: 5

I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge. Votes: 4

All minds are joined. Therefore, all healing is self-healing. Our inner peace will, of itself, pass to others once we accept it for ourselves. Votes: 4

A truly creative person rids him or herself of all self-imposed limitations. Votes: 4

Choose to be a love-finder rather than a faultfinder. Votes: 4

Choose to experience peace rather than conflict. Votes: 4

Today I am determined to go through the day with ought hurting myself, or another, with my thoughts or my actions. Votes: 3

As long as we hold unforgivable thoughts in our mind, we will not be able to experience total inner peace. Votes: 3

Fear and love can never be experienced at the same time. It is always our choice as to which of these emotions we want. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

Everything we see is but a mirror of what we are. Votes: 0

Forgiveness is not a matter of feeling superior, of feeling sorry for our parents because they didn't' know any better. It comes when we understand that as humans we all do the very best we can, and we can't ask for more than that. Forgiveness is making the choice to find no more value in anger, and to see that we are all God's light, all joined, and the separations we feel are only part of the illusions of the ego. Votes: 0

Forgiveness is the way to true health and happiness. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

How simple it is to see that all the worry in the world cannot control the future. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I wonder why / no one ever told me / that the rainbow / and the treasure / were both within me. Votes: 0

It is when judgment ceases that healing occurs. Votes: 0

Look at a person's light, not their lampshade. Votes: 0

Love doesn't care what we call it. Votes: 0

Love is letting go of fear. Votes: 0

Love is the part of us that is real. Votes: 0

More and more people are beginning to feel that there must be another way of thinking, perceiving, and acting. And perhaps the beginning of another way of looking at the world is to re-evaluate all of our beliefs. It is, after all, our beliefs that determine what we are, experience, and expect. When we are willing to take a new look at our own beliefs, we then have an opportunity to begin rediscovering who and what we are and to redetermine our true purpose on Earth. Votes: 0

No way exists in the present to accurately determine the future effect of the least of our actions. Votes: 0

Nothing is impossible when we follow our inner guidance, even when its direction may threaten us by reversing our usual logic. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Remembering and seeing are not the same, and that is why memories are of little use to us in forming loving relationships. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The law of Love is that you are Love, and that as you give Love to others you teach yourself what you are. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The secret of forgiveness is not to procrastinate, but to free yourself immediately of stress by totally forgiving this instant. Votes: 0

The world does not have to change.... The only thing that has to change is our attitude. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

To be consistent in achieving inner peace, we must perceive a world where everyone is innocent. Votes: 0

To be impatient is to be hooked on the future. Votes: 0

Try finding love, rather than finding fault. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

When Communication with others is from love to love... it is deeply satisfying and healthy. Votes: 0

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers. Votes: 0

When we choose only love as the director of our mind we can experience the power and miracle of love. Votes: 0

Whenever we give help, we unfailingly see that the answer to all our needs is already within the very situation we think is hurting us. By becoming totally open and harmless, we see that there is no one who cannot help us and no instant when we are not surrounded by God's love and His guiding presence. Votes: 0

To give is to receive... Votes: 0

If peace is our single aim in all we do, we will always know what to do because we will do whatever will protect and deepen our peace. Votes: 0