Quotes About Tranquility

Can lives that are merely constant be happy? If you asked Tom how he felt, he would have counted these out: wood, wind, waves. Not happy perhaps, but content. Ride Me Like a Wave (Stars anthology)

You're like the sky at midnight, when the moon is shining, and the wind is blowing.

Her concept of paradise was something more immediate: a book and a blanket beneath a tree, where she might read in peace.

I took the volume to a table, opened its soft, ivory pages... and fell into it as into a pool during dry season.

This is Zen, she said. No flaw, no moment's hesitation. A window onto grace.

Unlike so many other sounds, there's no maximum exposure to birdsong.

I don't mind travelling to and fro from Navi Mumbai for work because the calm and serene atmosphere I enjoy here is unparalleled.

To be happy is only to have freed one's soul from the unrest of unhappiness.

You haven't partied until you've partied at dawn in complete silence with Buddhist monks.

I love how it feels to unwind by the ocean.

It's very important for me to try to relax when I'm travelling, and playing my flute helps me to unwind.

I don't think I get that upset over things.

Under trees, the urban dweller might restore his troubled soul and find the blessing of a creative pause.

We need above all, I think, a certain remoteness from urban confusion.

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.

Peace in your mind, peace on earth, peace at work, peace at home, peace in the world.

Individual Peace paves the way for world peace. The attainment of inner calm is the greatest work you can do for humanity.

One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one's soul.

The more the capacity to concentrate is developed, the more often the profound tranquility in work is achieved, then the clearer will be the manifestation of discipline within the child.

Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness.

The great benefit of slowing down is reclaiming the time and tranquility to make meaningful connections--with people, with culture, with work, with nature, with our own bodies and minds

Peace. it does not mean to be in a place where there is no trouble, noise, or hard work. it means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart

I relax completely when I'm at rest. I don't think of numbers; I don't think of work.

Meditation and prayer have withstood the test of time. They work today as perfectly as they did for those who first practised and perfected them.