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Quotes About Tranquil

Oft in the tranquil hour of night, When stars illume the sky, I gaze upon each orb of light, And wish that thou wert by.
~ George Linley
The very air seemed grey and green and still.
~ George R.R. Martin
fluffy oak trees.
~ Gerald Durrell
Horror is not unimaginable, it has neither the face of a monster nor the bat-wings of a demon. It is calm and tranquil, and it is durable, lasting whole days and nights, months; years, perhaps. It is not mortal. It strikes at the eyes, only the eyes.
~ J.M.G. Le Clézio
Everything is very quiet, the streets are never crowded, and the people one dislikes are out of town.
~ Elizabeth Bowen
The basic meaning of etiquette is to be quick at both the beginning and end and tranquil in the middle.
~ Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Living in Cambridge, with nature and everything, it's so clean.
~ Syd Barrett
right at Elephant Rock, which indeed
~ Nelson DeMille
Mount Abu is a beautiful place.
~ Sanya Malhotra
The Blue Ridge Mountains are an incredible place.
~ Rupert Friend
Instead, you must strive to be calm, even if a hundred ravening enemies are snapping at your heels. Empty your mind and allow it to become like a tranquil pool that reflects everything around it and yet remains untouched by its surroundings.
~ Christopher Paolini
I've never known a tranquil atheist. Don't they always look like they just sat on a tack?
~ Vicki Covington
He was fond of saying, There is a bravery of the priest as well as the bravery of a colonel of dragoons,--only, he added, ours must be tranquil.
~ Victor Hugo
All this ferment was public, we might almost say tranquil. The imminent insurrection gathered its storm calmly in the face of the government. No singularity was lacking in this crisis, still subterranean, but already perceptible. The middle class talked quietly with workingmen about the preparations. They would say, How is the uprising coming along? in the same tone in which they would have said, How's your wife?
~ Victor Hugo
she looked as if she'd been sculpted from the cool colors of this place, an angel alighted on a shore that waited for her.
~ Kristin Hannah
I'm really a peaceful sort of coward.
~ L.A. Meyer
Numinbah Valley
~ Germaine Greer
the Dead Sea valley, at more than thirteen hundred feet below sea level, was tranquil. A desolate landscape, but strangely it was where Jack felt closest to God. Not that he was deeply religious. More spiritual.
~ Glenn Meade
The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil water-way leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under an overcast sky — seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness.
~ Joseph Conrad
Calm on the bosom of thy God, Young spirit! rest thee now...
~ Felicia Hemans, "A Dirge"
There is, indeed, much in nature that we do not yet half enjoy, because we shut our avenues of sensation and feeling. We are satisfied with the matter of fact, and look not for the spirit of fact which is above it. If we opened our minds to enjoyment, we might find tranquil pleasures spread about us on every side. We might live with the angels that visit us on every sunbeam, and sit with the fairies who wait on every flower.
~ Samuel Smiles, Thrift, 1875
In the piquancy of tranquil tears... a much needed attributefor purifying a fervent prayer…
~ Dblankportrait
My favorite holiday spot has to be New York, on the St. Lawrence River. Without a doubt that area there is perfect for me. Very, very spacious. It's nice.
~ Tom Felton
One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity of life seems out of place. At midday the sun may burn, and men labor under it but the morning and evening should be alike calm and cheerful.
~ Thomas Arnold