Quotes About Tranquility

Not a minister, he said, but I do like churches. The way it feels inside. It feels good when you just sit there, like you're in a forest and everything's really quiet, except there's still this sound you can't hear.

For just as happiness is more than the absence of sadness, so peace is infinitely more than the absence of war.

Sun and waves and gentle winds, all love and lightness.

Peace, that's all I'm after.

For the Jedi, there is no emotion; there is peace.

The moon and the stars are soothing constants in an idler's life.

People of ze wurl, relax!

A sausage is an image of rest, peace and tranquility in stark contrast to the destruction and chaos of everyday life.

Happiness is equilibrium. Shift your weight.

Shadrack rose and returned to the cot, where he fell into the first sleep of his new life. A sleep deeper than the hospital drugs; deeper than the pits of plums, steadier than the condor's wing; more tranquil than the curve of eggs.

She floated near but outside her own body, feeling vague and intense at the same time. Needing nothing. Being what there was.

Lo que tengo que hacer es meterme en la cama y no moverme. Quiero concentrarme en algo que sea inofensivo en este mundo.

No, really. Just quiet. Nothing louder than waves lapping or ice melting in crystal glasses.

I find that when I come out of the library I'm in what I call the library bliss of being totally taken away from the distractions of life." [ Woman's Day magazine, March 12, 2002]

The leaping of one fish would never disturb the flow of the river.

Sometimes, the waves grow hushed, but the sea is always there, touching, caressing, eating the earth...

They say that drowning is an easy death, once you stop trying to breathe.

moments of perfect peace are rare and to be relished. We sat and savoured. The purring of the cat, th

What's wrong with silence? Listen to it, it's beautiful.

There is nothing worth worrying about! Not even death!" And again I knew - or understood in an instant - that death is exactly like falling asleep.

Not the storm but the calm that slays me.

In solitude is bliss.

The lesson is simple. Be patient, stay put.

When I loved myself enough, I would sometimes wake in the night to music playing within me.