Quotes About Tranquility

Man seeks oblivion .

Cuando expones la bulliciosa naturaleza del miedo a la clara luz de la serenidad, todos los miedos desaparecen en el acto.

But I have at least learned to contemplate the events of life with tranquillity and not let myself be flung to and fro by circumstances in a sea of doubt.

Sempre invejei os tibetanos pela simplicidade da sua fé pois toda a minha vida tenho procurado respostas. Embora tenha aprendido a forma de meditar enquanto vivi na Ásia, a resposta final para o enigma da vida nunca me foi revelada. Mas aprendi pelo menos a contemplar os eventos da vida com tranquilidade e a não permitir que as circunstâncias me façam derivar de um lado para o outro num mar de dúvidas.

The beauteous eyes of the spring's fair night With comfort are downward gazing.

There's a special phenomenology to walking in woods in winter.

At times of difficulty, watching birds ushers you into a different world, where no words need to be spoken.

White-flowered shrubs thickened around her and so did sleep; it directed her limbs. Lie down now, sleep said sweetly. Lie down. These are the secret hours of the day, the time that owls and bats take to themselves. The stars change places now; let them. You lie down.

Siéntate en silencio y cierra los ojos. 2 La luz en tu interior es suficiente. 3 Sólo ella puede concederte el don de la visión. 4 Ciérrate al mundo exterior, y dale alas a tus pensamientos para que lleguen hasta la paz que yace dentro de ti. 5 Ellos conocen el camino.

I put an apple on my table. Then I put myself inside this apple. What tranquility!

Tu peux être tranquille. Il reste du limpide en toi. En une seule vie tu n'as pas pu tout souiller.

Étale étale, la mer intérieure Puisse-t-elle demeurer étale… Un seul navire répondra à tout ...

A musical theme once exhausted, finds its due refuge and repose in silence.

Peace is not in itself a dream, but we know it only as the result of a momentary equilibrium--an accident.

We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and, when got, the repose is insupportable.

I love old gardens best- tired old garden that rest in the sun.

Glorious white birds in the blue October heights over the solemn unrest of ocean—their passing was more than music, and from their wings descended the old loveliness of earth which both affirms and heals. IV

Sumner's mind had reached the calm of water which receives and reflects images without absorbing them; it contained nothing but itself.

There can be no very black misery to him who lives in the midst of Nature and has his senses still.

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature.

A slight sound at evening lifts me up by the ears, and makes life seem inexpressibly serene and grand. It may be in Uranus, or it may be in the shutter.

In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society.

The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you can utter oracles.

I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.