Quotes About Tranquility

An old silent pond... A frog jumps into the pond, splash! Silence again.

Lonely stillness— a single cicada's cry sinking into stone

Many things of the past Are brought to my mind, As I stand in the garden Staring at a cherry tree.

There are also times when we feel like taking to the road ourselves, seizing the raincoat lying nearby, or times when we feel like sitting down till our legs take root, enjoying the scene we picture before our eyes. (Written by Soryu as a postscript)

El viejo estanque una rana se sumerge ruido de agua

Más alto que las alondras reposo en pleno cielo sobre el puerto de la montaña

Sparrow, spare the horsefly dallying in flowers.

Darkening waves – cry of wild ducks, faintly white.

Under one roof, courtesans and monks asleep— moon and bush clover

Black forest nothing you say matters it snows all morning

Under the cherry/blossom soup/blossom salad.

Clouds come from time to time - and bring to men a chance to rest from looking at the moon.

Suvvia, andiamo a contemplare la neve fino a cadervi dentro.

I went to a snow-viewing party.

There we did begin, Cloisterd in the waterfall, Our summer discipline.

Peace was made of porcelain, as it always was.

That was the whole point of home, the comfort of a perfectly effortless existence.

From here the waves sound like breaths. Inhale. Exhale.

But amid pure nature (or the 'tonic of wildness' as Thoreau called it) solitude took on a different character. It became in itself a kind of connection. A connection between herself and the world. And between her and herself.

I would sit on the beach, as waves crashed and retreated over the sparkling sand like lost dreams

Ik heb nooit een gezelliger kameraad gevonden dan de eenzaamheid. (Thoreau)

Henry David Thoreau's Walden, both

To be is to let go

Pentru a avea sansa la fericire trainica, trebuie sa te calmezi. Trebuie doar sa fii in acel lucru si sa il faci pur si simplu.