Quotes About Tranquility

For you know me well enough, my good Sir, to be persuaded that I am not guilty of affectation when I tell you it is my great and sole desire to live and die, in peace and retirement, on my own farm.

It was his own Walden, a place where "fine views invest the soul and where we can live simply and quietly.

petrichord: the sound of water sliding over smooth stone.

It was the kind of early-fall day Rachel had always loved, not warm or cold, the sky all deep-blue and cloudless and no breeze, the crops proud and ripe and the leaves so pretty but hardly a one yet fallen--a day so perfect that the earth itself seemed sorry to let it pass, so slowed down its roll into evening and let it linger.

a day so perfect that the earth itself seemed sorry to let it pass, so slowed down its roll into evening and let it linger.

Churches are so nice when they're empty. Like empty streets. You can see their shape.

Alone. She realized how much she had missed the luxury of solitude, and knew that its occasional comfort would always be essential to her. The pleasure of being on one's own was not so much spiritual as sensuous, like wearing silk, or swimming without a bathing suit on, or walking along a totally empty beach with the sun on your back. One was restored by solitude. Refreshed.

There's no jealousy in the grave.

It is better to lie quiet in the mud than to be disturbed on good bedding.

Heatherlegh is the dearest doctor that ever was, and his invariable prescription to all his patients is, lie low, go slow, and keep cool.

Zazen is better than a home. Zazen is a home that you can't ever lose.

And if one had a sorrow, Maine was the best place to be.

Birkaç aÄŸlama nöbetinin ard?ndan ÅŸimdi ÅŸu dingin ruh haliyle ne kadar güzelleÅŸti. Varl??? hüzünle ac?n?n güzel bir uyumu

The present state of the world and the whole of life is diseased. If I were a doctor and were asked for my advice, I would reply: Create silence! The Word of God cannot be heard in the noisy world of today. And even if it were blazoned forth with all the panoply of noise so that it could be heard in the midst of all the other noise, then it would no longer be the Word of God. Therefore create Silence.

I raise myself up once more, look about the room with an indescribable peace of mind, and then it's goodnight, down under the eiderdown.

Let nothing perturb you, nothing frighten you. All things pass. God does not change. Patience achieves everything.

For an instant, silence, nosier than a waterfall.

A true spiritual practitioner is someone who has discovered that it is possible to be at ease in the world for no reason, if only for a few moments at a time.

I don't psyche myself up. I psyche myself down. I think clearer when I'm not psyched up.

When speech comes from a quiet heart, it has the strength of the orchid, and the fragrance of rock.

A heart full of love and compassion is the main source of inner strength, willpower, happiness, and mental tranquility

Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life.

You are the strongest when relaxed and at peace

Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace.