Quotes About Tranquility

Piety is not an end, but a means: a means of attaining the highest culture by the purest tranquility of soul. Hence it may be observed that those who set up piety as an end and object are mostly hypocrites.

Art?k ne yönlendirilmek, ne te?vik edilmek, ne de co?turulmak istiyorum, bu yürek zaten yeterince f?rt?nal?; benim ninniye ihtiyac?m var, bunu da fazlas?yla Homeros'umda buldum.

Rimuginava continuamente quella preoccupazione da sola e poteva sviscerarla come voleva, ma non riusciva a trovare serenità con nessuna ipotesi.

I am so happy, my dear friend, so absorbed in the exquisite sense of mere tranquil existence, that I neglect my talents. I should be incapable of drawing a single stroke at the present moment; and yet I feel that I never was a greater artist than now.

The boy may wrestle, when Night--working Fancy steals him to the arms Of nymph oft wish'd awake, and, 'mid the rage Of the soft tumult, ev'ry turgid cell Spontaneous disembogues its lucid store, Bland and of azure tinct.

Ye who amid this feverish world would wear A body free of pain, of cares a mind, Fly the rank city, shun its turbid air; Breathe not the chaos of eternal smoke And volatile corruption, from the dead, The dying, sickening, and the living world Exhal'd, to sully heaven's transparent dome With dim mortality.

Yes, this is what I thought adulthood would be, a kind of long indian summer, a state of tranquility, of calm incuriousness, with nothing left of the barely bearable raw immediacy of childhood, all the things solved that had puzzled me when I was small, all mysteries settled, all questions answered, and the moments dripping away, unnoticed almost, drip by golden drip, toward the final, almost unnoticed, quietus.

The garden is a kind of sanctuary.

A combination of fine tea, enchanting objects and soothing surroundings exerts a therapeutic effect by washing away the corrosive strains and stress of modern life. [... It] induces a mood that is spiritually refreshing [and produces] a genial state of mind.

The Simple Life is the last refuge of complicated and restless souls.

Peace is that state in which fear of any kind is unknown.

the All was alternately one and at peace through the power of Aphrodite,

All you have to do is choose the right day, the right weather, and you come upon a hidden place in the morning light where time stopped long before you were born

Serene, I fold my hands and wait,Nor care for wind, nor tide, nor sea;I rave no more 'gainst time or fate,For lo! my own shall come to me.

The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.

The kingdom of heaven in not a place but a state of mind.

I have loved the feel of the grass under my feet, and the sound of the running streams by my side. The hum of the wind in the tree-tops has always been good music to me, and the face of the fields has often comforted me more than the faces of men.

Let us cross over the river," he said quietly, "and rest under the shade of the trees.

Sleep's what we need. It produces an emptiness in us into which sooner or later energies flow.

The emotions - love, mirth, the heroic, wonder, tranquility, fear, anger, sorrow, disgust - are in the audience.

First of all, then, in striving for either convenience or tranquility in this present life, Scripture calls us to resign our wills and everything that is our to the Lord, and to turn the affections of our hearts over to Him to be tamed and bridled.

Untroubling and untroubled where I lie—The grass below—above the vaulted sky.

I long for scenes where man hath never trod A place where woman never smiled or wept There to abide with my Creator, God, And sleep as I in childhood sweetly slept, Untroubling and untroubled where I lie The grass below—above the vaulted sky.