Quotes About Tranquility

The Constitution of the United States of America* We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Animals enrich our lives in countless ways, with their playfulness, their tranquility, their constancy, and their love. If they can help us remember that death is not our enemy but simply one more moment in the world's endless process of becoming, dissolution, and renewal, they will have imparted a final gift.

We don't always need a change. Sometimes, we just need a rest, and there is no better place to rest our bodies and our souls than outside.

I spent uncounted hours sitting at the bow looking at the water and the sky, studying each wave, different from the last, seeing how it caught the light, the air, the wind; watching patterns, the sweep of it all, and letting it take me. The sea.

You will find, my dear brother, that still waters run deep.

A tranquil mind is not a little gift.

of Green Cove Springs.

Whether government or person, if you aren't tranquil and honest, the normal flips to the abnormal, the auspicious reverts to the bizarre, and your bewilderment lasts for a long time.

Perhaps when music has been shouting for so long, a quieter voice seems attractive.

silent. This was

This is called a bubble meditation, but you can use a word instead, focusing your mind on that word. If your mind wanders, gently and without judgment bring your attention back to the word. The word you choose can be a neutral word, like the number one. Or it can be a Sanskrit

la paz es amor, y el amor es sabiduría.

We are like the mountain. We do not have to let outside events rob us of our joy and harmony, no matter how strongly the storms rage, no matter how loudly the winds howl. We all have that inner core of calm and quiet. It is there whenever we want or need it. By going inward, we can access its powerful healing presence. The mountain, inside, is perfect—and so are we.

Nosotros somos como la montaña. No hemos de dejar que sucesos de fuera nos quiten la dicha ni la armonía, al margen de lo fuerte que bramen las tormentas o aúllen los vientos. Todos contamos con este núcleo interior de calma y tranquilidad. Está ahí cuando quiera que lo queramos o necesitemos. Si vamos hacia dentro, accedemos a su poderosa presencia sanadora. La montaña, por dentro, es perfecta; como lo somos nosotros.

I hope the snow covers everything so all the footsteps are silenced, and the whole city can be at peace.

Give us serenity as we also allow others serenity.

Whatever terrific events may inform our lives, it always comes to that in the end; we just want to lie down.

I find peace anywhere I go. It depends on what is within the walls of my own home.

One way to re-collect the mind easily in the time of prayer, and preserve it more in tranquility, is not to let it wander too far in other times: you should keep it strictly in the presence of God; and being accustomed to think of Him often, you will find it easy to keep your mind calm in the time of prayer, or at least to recall it from its wanderings.

The time of business does not with me differ from the time of prayer; and in the noise and clatter of my kitchen, while several persons are at the same time calling for different things, I possess God in as great tranquility as if I were upon my knees.

The little cares that fretted me, I lost them yesterday Among the fields above the sea, Among the winds at play.

In the deep forests of Mount Rainier, the sun doesn't rise, it leaks in thin bands through the trees.

There is "what is" only when there is no comparing and to live with "what is" is to be peaceful.

You cannot clear muddied water with your hand. — Who is there that can make muddy water clear? But if allowed to remain still, it will become clear of itself. Who is there that can secure a state of absolute repose? But keep calm and let time go on, and the state of repose will gradually arrest.