Narciso Irala > Quotes

“The present moment is the only moment in our hands, the only one that can make us happy.”
― Narciso Irala, Achieving Peace of Heart

“The higher our aspirations and the keener our intelligence, the more difficulties we can see and the more distressed we may tend to be in comparison to others less gifted.”
― Narciso Irala, Achieving Peace of Heart

“Happiness is noble. Happiness is calm and collected. Happiness is not caused by external events.”
― Narciso Irala, Achieving Peace of Heart

“Full satisfaction depends upon our making real, at the present moment, what is most noble and most useful. For then we are getting the greatest possible return out of the present. This happens when we make acts of the virtues and perform our duty. In the concrete we thus carry out the will of God.”
― Narciso Irala, Achieving Peace of Heart

“The Happiness Formula:
To live (beauty, truth, goodness, grace) in the present (not the past, nor the future) with unity (of thought and action) and fullness (of satisfaction, peace and security.)”
― Narciso Irala, Achieving Peace of Heart

“We must live goodness. This is an active process - loving others, and making them happy, loving God above all.”
― Narciso Irala, Achieving Peace of Heart

“Fill (your) life with the satisfaction of duty done, or a sacrifice for a noble cause.”
― Narciso Irala, Achieving Peace of Heart

“Indecision, on the contrary, is a source of fatigue. For the brain then overloads itself with energies which find no outlet.”
― Narciso Irala, Achieving Peace of Heart

“A scruple is no more than an obsession of fear. The way to conquer it is by giving less importance to the imaginary eternal loss, convincing ourselves that it is an emotional illness which cannot have eternal consequences and by diverting our attention from the thought which produces the emotion. So we shall refuse to follow that train of thought even for the sake of removing the doubt, in practice treating the thought with disdain.”
― Narciso Irala, Achieving Peace of Heart

“Four everyday duties will help me to achieve a healthier mental life. I must resolve, first, to strengthen and govern my body (nourishment, exercise and discipline); secondly, to feed and enlighten my intellect (serious, concentrated work); thirdly, to elevate and control my heart (love of God and neighbor); and finally, to strengthen and exercise my will (decision and constancy).”
― Narciso Irala, Achieving Peace of Heart

“Try to experience as far as possible, the truth in the old maxim, "Age quod agis"; this is "Attend to what you are doing," or "Do what you're doing." But you must do all this as if in sport, with no anxiety, fear or worry.”
― Narciso Irala, Achieving Peace of Heart