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Quotes About Tranquility

Crowded places, I shunned them as noises too rude And fled to the silence of sweet solitude.
~ John Clare
O take me from the busy crowd, I cannot bear the noise! For Nature's voice is never loud; I seek for quiet joys. The book I love is everywhere, And not in idle words; The book I love is known to all, And better lore affords.
~ John Clare
In mid-wood silence, thus, how sweet to be; Where all the noises, that on peace intrude, Come from the chittering cricket, bird, and bee, Whose songs have charms to sweeten solitude.
~ John Clare
The land seemed to luxuriate in its silence and its whiteness, knowing that the snow had rendered it more beautiful than before.
~ John Connolly
When she [Elizabeth, Princess of Bohemia] went to take the waters at Spa, he [René Descartes] wrote to her that to get any benefit from them she should free her mind from all sorts of sad thoughts and even from serious reflections, because those who look long on the green of the forest, the colors of a flower, the flight of a bird, can beguile themselves into not thinking, or thinking of nothing. 'Which is not wasting time but using it well.
~ John Crowley
Everything is unhindered, clouds gracefully floating up to the peaks, the moonlight glitteringly flowing down mountain streams.
~ John Daido Loori
Peace is a conscious choice.
~ John Denver
A life lived in chaos is an impossibility.
~ Madeleine L'Engle
Now the swinging bridge Is quieted with creepers ... Like our tendrilled life.
~ Matsuo Basho
NOTHING which life has to offer is worth the price of worry
~ Napoleon Hill
Our smile affirms our awareness and determination to live in peace and joy.
~ Nhat Hanh
At this age, I should be leading a quiet life.
~ Aung San Suu Kyi
It is not necessary to do things in a state of anxiety or anguish. That is not the way to be aligned with life.
~ Eckhart Tolle
It is a rare life that remains orderly even in private.
~ Michel de Montaigne
Stay calm inside! You will then see that outside storms of life, even the most terrible ones, will turn into soft winds.
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
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 should reply, 'Create silence'.
~ Soren Kierkegaard
When we listen to the Inner Voice, our outer life becomes full of peace.
~ Sri Chinmoy
In fact, it's even true to say that if you want to have a truly amazing life, relax your entire body.
~ Stephen Russell
Do not let trifles disturb your tranquility of mind. . . . Life is too precious to be sacrificed for the nonessential and transient. . . . Ignore the inconsequential!
~ Grenville Kleiser
I love that moment, when you stop struggling to stay awake and your eyelids shut sink down and you slip effortlessly into another realm that's beckoning to you.
~ Rachel Klein, The Moth Diaries
Being alone can be good. It's easy to find peace alone. But sometimes, being alone is a king of death.
~ Dean Koontz, Chase
Sometimes, in life, nothing happens. But, sometimes, nothing happens beautifully.
~ Colum McCann
My life is like a stroll upon the beach.
~ Henry David Thoreau
I don't live in the spotlight, and I don't live my life in front of the paparazzi. I live very comfortably and quietly as possible.
~ Kirsten Dunst