Quotes About Tranquility

The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.

In omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro. (Everywhere I have sought peace and not found it, except in a corner with a book.)

Nergens heb ik meer rust gevonden dan in bossen en boeken.

First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

He will easily be content and at peace, whose conscience is pure.

All men desire peace, but very few desire those things that make for peace.

We may enjoy abundance of peace if we refrain from busying ourselves with the sayings and doings of others, and things which concern not ourselves.

O quam salubre, quam iucundum et suave est sedere in solitudine et tacere et loqui cum Deo!

You will never find peace unless you are united with Christ in the very depths of your heart.

First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.

Grant to me a humble and quiet spirit, one that is never uncontrolled or garrulous.

But let us lay the axe to the very root of our life, that, being cleansed from affections, we may possess our souls in peace.

Everywhere I have sought peace and not found it, except in a corner with a book.

From this sin, that a man loveth himself too inordinately, almost everything hangeth which needeth to be utterly overcome: when that evil is conquered and put under foot, there shall be great peace and tranquillity continually. But because few strive earnestly to die perfectly to themselves, and do not heartily go forth from themselves, therefore do they remain entangled in themselves, and cannot be raised in spirit above themselves.

Therefore let not thy heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Give up everything, and you will gain everything; let go of your desires, and you will find peace.

Remain tranquil and prepare to bear still greater trials. All is not lost even though you be troubled oftener or tempted more grievously. You are a man, not God. You are flesh, not an angel. How can you possibly expect to remain always in the same state of virtue when the angels in heaven and the first man in paradise failed to do so? I am He Who rescues the afflicted and brings to My divinity those who know their own weakness.

First, I say that he draws near to those who make peace with him. For God is the One who brings about peace; and where else should peace dwell than in peace?

Turn on its noiseless hinges, delicate sleep!

We visit...a neighboring grave-yard. I am by this time in a condition of mind to become a willing inmate of the place.

Concentration, lovingkindness, and peace. That is all." Imagine being a person

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

I see a sweet country. I could rest my weapon there.