Quotes from Spiritual Leaders

On World Mental Health Day, it’s crucial to reflect on our mental well-being. Stress and anxiety, pervasive in modern life, often result from our outlook and expectations. Spiritual leaders offer profound insights into cultivating a happier, stress-free existence. Here are 11 powerful quotes to inspires a stronger mental health:

“Call it stress, tension, or anxiety – essentially, it is just this: your intelligence has turned against you.” – Sadhguru
“Stress and anxiety often come from too much expectation and too much ambition. Then when we don’t fulfill that expectation or achieve that ambition, we experience frustration. Right from the beginning, it is a self-centered attitude.” – Dalai Lama
“No job is inherently stressful. What causes stress is our compulsive reaction to challenging situations.” – Sadhguru
“Authentic happiness is not linked to an activity; it is a state of being, a profound emotional balance struck by a subtle understanding of how the mind functions.” – Matthieu Ricard
“When your very nature has become ease and restfulness, then there is no such a thing as stress in you.” – Sadhguru
“When there is too much stress or worry, look within.” – The 14th Dalai Lama
“When the mind is full of memories and preoccupied by the future, it misses the freshness of the present moment. In this way, we fail to recognize the luminous simplicity of mind that is always present behind the veils of thought.” – Matthieu Ricard
“The mind is a powerful instrument, every thought, every emotion that you create changes the very chemistry of your body.” – Sadhguru
“To reach back and help, and expect neither reward nor even thanks. To reach back and help, because that is what spiritual beings do.” – Dr. Brian Weiss
“Stress is caused by being ‘here’ but wanting to be ‘there’.” – Osho
“You must build yourself in such a way that when opportunities open up in your life, your body and mind will not hold you back.”