Quotes About Tranquility

Dr. Vincent Gilbert lived in the heart of the forest. Away from human conflict, but also away from human contact. It was a compromise he was more than happy to make.

He read the familiar first lines of the book and felt the calm come over him, like a comforter.

I am tired," Gamache murmured as he walked into the gentle little village. "But I am at peace.

He knew in his heart that anything that offered such peace had great value.

We long to find home. After years and years of making war on everyone around us, on ourselves, we just want peace.' 'And

Most unhappiness comes from not being able to sit quietly in a room." "Pascal,

here, here, there was peace. The deep peace that comes not just with quiet, but with familiarity.

The room was filled with volume and volumes. With light. With peace.

Y las bibliotecas: silenciosas, tranquilas. Un refugio para el caos de la vida adolescente.

Greek for 'breath.' The monks who first wrote down the chants believed that the deeper we breathe the more we draw God into ourselves. And there's no deeper breath than when we're singing. Have you ever noticed that the deeper you breathe, the calmer you get?" the monk asked.

very few people were ever really carefree. But there were moments of bliss.

circling the green. She

A peace above all earthly dignities," she quoted. Then turned back to the room. "A still and quiet conscience.

All shall be well. And all shall be well. And all manner of thing shall be well. It was a quote from one of Gamache's favorite writers, the Christian mystic Julian of Norwich.

This soft grass suggests 'softness' to me, but also at the same time 'lying-down-ness'.

quiet for a sunny London afternoon. He said, 'It's too quiet.

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.

También suelo apoyar la cabeza en los escritorios de madera y los escucho, porque hacen ruidos similares a las ramas mecidas por el viento, como si todavía fueran árboles

He wants only to rest and to have a little peace.

Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.

Our (The Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.

The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company.

The clouds to the south had cleared, and the sun appeared, gradually pushing shadow down the hills, spreading light like syrup over the brown slopes and the forests down to the lake.

a great silence settled over the mountain.