Quotes About Tranquility

A maintenance dose. It would keep her asleep all night. It would keep her warm, and gentle, and relaxed, and at peace, and cradled, and happy.

He only wanted to have as much peace and quiet in his life as possible. He simply didn't realize that pursuing peace and quiet was a full-time, nerve-rattling job.

Sleep that day was a warm pool in which I dove and stayed, sporadically lifting my head to sense the world.

A mind at peace with all below,   A heart whose love is innocent!

I'm sure the woods look sleepy in the autumn, when the leaves are getting brown.

En la mayoría de los jardines las flores están plantadas en unos lechos tan blandos que siempre están dormidas.

A dog's bark amid the water's sound, Peach blossom that's made thicker by the rain. Deep in the trees, I sometimes see a deer, And at the stream I hear no noonday bell. Wild bamboo divides the green mist, A flying spring hangs from the jasper peak. No-one knows the place to which he's gone, Sadly, I lean on two or three pines

SITTING ALONE ON JINGTING SHAN HILL A flock of birds is flying high in the distance, A lonely cloud drifts idly on its own. We gaze at each other, neither growing tired, There is only Jingting Shan.

VISITING THE TAOIST PRIEST DAI TIANSHAN, BUT NOT FINDING HIM A dog's bark amid the water's sound, Peach blossom that's made thicker by the rain. Deep in the trees, I sometimes see a deer, And at the stream I hear no noonday bell. Wild bamboo divides the green mist, A flying spring hangs from the jasper peak. No-one knows the place to which he's gone, Sadly, I lean on two or three pines.

The dark does not weep for itself because there is no light. Rather, it accepts that it is the dark.

The wind picks up. It sends leaves scurrying for cover until a softer breeze blows through, settling them down again as if to say, Shhh, there, there, it's all right. One leaf still dances in the air. It spins higher and higher, defying gravity and logic, stretching for something just out of reach. It shall have to fall, of course. Eventually. But for now, I hold my breath, willing it to keep going, taking comfort in its struggle.

breathe slowly, deeply. Let your limbs go limp. Relax your neck. Relax your shoulders. Relax your arms: first the fingers, then the wrists, then the lower arms, and then the upper. Relax your feet. Relax your legs.

Sleep is a fickle thing that has little to do with fatigue and everything to do with peace of mind.

Peace comes through acceptance.

You remember the 'be quiet' part of the rules? Embrace it.

I always thought it was a question of achieving some permanent state of tranquillity ... but it's not. It's more like learning to surf. The waves keep rolling in, each different from the last, and you have to ride them, instead of getting pounded to bits.

In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society.

Solitude is sometimes the best society.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.

The acquirement and enjoyment of physical well-being, mental calm and spiritual peace are priceless to their possessors.

Wilderness to the people of America is a spiritual necessity, an antidote to the high pressure of modern life, a means of regaining serenity and equilibrium.

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.

In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.