Quotes About Tranquility

Mistake not. Those pleasures are not pleasures that trouble the quiet and tranquillity of thy life.

Far from the world I walk, and from all care.

When our mind is calm, we're better able to find peace of mind and live a joyful life.

There was neither horizon, cloud, nor sound; of that pink, spread silence even I had become part, belonging as much to sky as to earth.

I learned that the interior of life was as rewarding as the exterior of life, and that my richest moments occurred when I was absolutely still.

Here the people seem to possess the secret of tranquility and to live lives of more than surface contentment.

Isolation offered its own form of companionship: the reliable silence of her rooms, the steadfast tranquility of the evenings. The promise that she would find things where she put them, that there would be no interruption, no surprise. It greeted her at the end of each day and lay still with her at night.

My only relief is to sleep. When I'm sleeping, I'm not sad, I'm not angry, I'm not lonely, I'm nothing.

Between towering beeches, like ice cliffs, the lake glittered in the moonlight, arctic white along the frozen edges, but with a dark badger stripe of flowing water down the centre.

Sleep is God. Go worship.

books were my escape from the world. This place . . . bookstores, libraries . . . they're the closest thing I have to a church.

The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God.

The quickest way to experiencing the peace inside, is to learn to recognize when I am not at peace.

make this day a tree leaning over the river eternity and fuss about in its branches.

It's not that I want a tragic life. I'm lucky I have nothing to worry about. Nothing. And that is what I feel.

A gente devia poder parar de estar tão acordado, quando precisasse, e adormecer seguro, salvo.

Lembro que naquela manhã também o calor era menos, e o ar era bondoso.

We've made peace. At least a little.

There's a Buddhist saying that peace is like a sun that's always shining in your heart. It's just hidden behind clouds of fear, doubt, worry, and desire that continually orient you toward the past or the future. The sun comes out only when you're in the present moment.

Surrender to the things that can't be changed is one of the keys to peace of mind.

Peace of mind creates the most conducive conditions for physical healing.

Centering prayer is a form of meditation that is a conscious letting go of small mind and its continuous self-centered fantasies.

People whose lives are not lived on the mountain peaks of the world commonly forget that the shallows have a beauty of their own.

That night the mountain mist came rolling down from the pine forest and lingered far into the morning.