Quotes About Tranquility

I like to think of this cemetery as a meditation garden now, a place where people can spend a few hours figuring out how to deal with loss," Ron said. "It usually takes a while to learn how to say goodbye.

Le jardin dormait encore. Je l'ai surpris, nourrice. Je l'ai vu sans qu'il s'en doute. C'est beau un jardin qui ne pense pas encore aux hommes.

I have always hated crowds. I like deserts, prisons, and monasteries. I have discovered, too, that there are fewer idiots at 3000 meters above sea level than down below.

Remember, all of man's happiness is in the little valleys. Tiny little ones. Small enough to call from one side to the other.

Soft green grass grew in front of the house. There stood the cypress too, and, as if on purpose, it was singing with its tree-voice, its sweet-sounding voice, inviting to the ear. Then there were bees which had lived under a tile and were humming in the air. And then, like a miracle, so unexpected that it made them rub their eyes, there was a small lilac tree in full blossom.

I no longer fight, I accept.

It's funny when you feel as if you don't want anything more in your life except to sleep, or else to lie without moving. That's when you can hear time sliding past you, like water running.

You are a pool of clear water where the light plays

We walked in silence. Nature can cancel thought. We needed to walk and there was nothing more to say.

La vida ambulante es la que mejor me conviene. Ir de camino con buen tiempo, por un país hermoso, sin llevar prisa, y tener un objeto agradable por término del viaje, he ahí, de todos los modos de vivir, el que más me agrada.

My passions are extremely violent; while under their influence, nothing can equal my impetuosity; I am an absolute stranger to discretion, respect, fear, or decorum; rude, saucy, violent, and intrepid: no shame can stop, no danger intimidate me. My mind is frequently so engrossed by a single object, that beyond it the whole world is not worth a thought; this is the enthusiasm of a moment, the next, perhaps, I am plunged in a state of annihilation. Take me in my moments of tranquility

El gusto por la soledad y la contemplación nació en mi corazón con los sentimientos expansivos y tiernos hechos para ser su alimento. El tumulto y el ruido los oprimen y los ahogan, la calma y la paz los reaniman y los exaltan. Tengo necesidad de recogerme para amar.

Dünyan?n gürültüsü beni sersem ediyor, yaln?zl?k içimi s?k?yordu; boyuna yer deÄŸiÅŸtirmek gereÄŸini duymakta, hiçbir yerde rahat etmemekteydim.

Il me semble que sous les ombrages d'une forêt je suis oublié, libre et paisible comme si je n'avais plus d'ennemis.

I think of death only with tranquility, as an end. I refuse to let death hamper life. Death must enter life only to define it.

Working for peace in the future is to work for peace in the present moment.

Oh, these vast, calm, measureless mountain days, inciting at once to work and rest!

The hardest work of all - doing nothing.

While I've lived in cities for most of my adult life, I really prefer the quiet, boring, mundanity of the country. It's the best place for me to work, think, and invent.

Man has learned to fly like the birds. Now all he has to do is work out how to do it quietly.

For me, a garden is peace of mind. It immediately takes my mind off the thing I'm puzzling about in my work and gives me repose.

It was the work of the quiet mountains, this torrent of purity at my feet.

I think the inner strength that I have helps me stay calm.

I think it's really important to not stress out about anything.