Which of us hasn’t longed for inner peace and harmony? In today’s stressful, fast-paced world where the media bombards us daily with news of war, hunger, violent crime, financial hardship and many other depressing issues, there are days when we’d all like to shout ‘Stop the world, I want to get off!’.

At times like this, inner peace and a sense of harmony with nature and our fellow humans can seem very elusive. But if we can learn to retire into our own inner silence for a while, the sense of refreshment and renewal can be profound. The spiritual quotations in this book are intended to help us do exactly that.