“I thought that I was praying for external peace and quiet, when it was internal tranquillity that I craved.”

“Peace is more of an internal settlement rather than what is visible on the external.”

“When my internal voice goes external, and I’m in a noisy crowd, I can hardly hear myself think.”

“Quiet is peace. Tranquility. Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life. Silence is pushing the off button. Shutting it down. All of it. - Amir”

“There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, disasters, illness and pain. What really matters is the internal force. How do I respond to those disasters? Over that I have complete control.”

“I never felt so fervently thankful, so soothed, so tranquil, so filled with a blessed peace, as I did yesterday when I learned that Michael Angelo was dead.”