Quotes About Tranquility

One of my oldest friends has a cottage on Smoke Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park, and it's one of my favorite places in the world.

I love snowboarding. It's probably my favorite sport. I love sitting on top of the mountain and the snow falling and that silence, that snow silence. That's, like, a very peaceful, happy place for me.

Once you realise there's nothing to be afraid of when you die, there's nothing else to worry about.

Ã…Å¡wiÄ…tecznÄ… póÅ'noc miÅ'o jest zatrzyma? nieco dÅ'u?ej

The soul in which philosophy dwells should by its health make even the body healthy. It should make its tranquillity and gladness shine out from within; should form in its own mold the outward demeanor, and consequently arm it with a graceful pride, an active and joyous bearing, and a contented and good-natured countenance. The surest sign of wisdom is constant cheerfulness.

Ratio et prudentia curas, Non locus effusi late maris arbiter aufert. [Was Sorgen zerstreut, ist Weisheit und Ruhe, nicht schöne Aussicht nach Hügeln und Meeren.]

Toda la gloria que yo pretendo alcanzar de mi existencia consiste en haberla vivido tranquila; tranquila, no según Metrodoro, Arcesilao o Aristipo, sino según yo mismo. Puesto que la filosofía no supo encontrar ningún camino que condujera a la calma de la vida, y que fuera aplicable a todos, que cada cual lo busque de por sí.

Bütün dertlerin bittiÄŸi yere gideceÄŸiz diye dertlenmek ne budalal?k!

En la amistad, por el contrario, el calor es general, se distribuye por igual por todas partes, atemperado; un calor constante y tranquilo, todo dulzura y calma, libre de angustia o de aspereza.

must not trouble the gods with our affairs; they take no heed of our angers and disputes.Plutarch.]

Vale infinitamente más el hombre dejándose guiar por el orden natural del mundo, sin meterse a inquirir causas y efectos; un alma limpia de prejuicios dispone naturalmente de ventajas grandes para gozar la tranquilidad; las gentes que inquieren y rectifican sus juicios, son incapaces de sumisión completa.

When I'm stymied, troubled, or sad, I go to that sun-warmed stone bench where my soul—subdued by deadlines, to-do lists, by my incessant inner chatter—unfurls and stretches like a cat. Should I never enter the sanctuary again, I'd always find succor in our leaf-littered paths and courtyards. The old deodars and oaks are like calm, noble parents. I always leave feeling new. Just driving by the property, my soul stirs.

Then you can be in the middle of hell and still experience inner peace and happiness.

Las pasiones no son sino ideas en su desarrollo inicial: son atributo de la juventud del corazón, y tonto sería quien pensara que han de inquietarle toda la vida: mochos ríos tranquilos nacen como cascadas tumultuosas, pero ninguno llega hasta el mar turbulento y coronado de espuma.

I'll go to bed, forget myself in sleep.

A morphine addict has one piece of good fortune, which nobody can take away from him—the capacity to spend his life in total solitude. And solitude means important, significant ideas, it means contemplation, tranquillity, wisdom...

The weary man knows it. And without regret he leaves the mists of the earth, its swamps and rivers, with a light heart he gives himself into the hands of death, knowing that she alone can bring him peace.

listen and enjoy what you were not given in life—peace.

The right place to live is behind cream-coloured blinds.

Solitude: a sweet absence of looks.

Cemeteries in Bohemia are like gardens. The graves are covered with grass and colourful flowers. Modest tombstones are lost in the greenery. When the sun goes down, the cemetery sparkles with tiny candles... no matter how brutal life becomes, peace always reigns in the cemetery. Even in wartime, even in Hitler's time, even in Stalin's time..

No matter how brutal life becomes, peace always reign in the cemetery.

a man possessed with peace is always smiling

Dogs are our link to Paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring — it was peace.