Sam Smith

“Attention can be trained very naturally, with affection, just as you train a puppy. When something distracts your attention, you say “Come back” and bring it back again. With a lot of training, you can teach your mind to come running back to you when you call, just like a friendly pup.”
― Eknath Easwaran, Take Your Time: How to Find Patience, Peace, and Meaning

“Around the world–even in some of the countries most troubled by poverty or civil war or pollution–many thoughtful people are making a deep, concerted search for a way to live in harmony with each other and the earth. Their efforts, which rarely reach the headlines, are among the most important events occurring today. Sometimes these people call themselves peace workers, at other times environmentalists, but most of the time they work in humble anonymity. They are simply quiet people changing the world by changing themselves.”
― Eknath Easwaran, Your Life is Your Message: Finding Harmony With Yourself, Others, and the Earth

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
― Rumi

“A man convinced against his will
Is of the same opinion still”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People