Quotes About Tranquility

so calm our minds that fears may cease, and rested bodies wake in peace.

Thomas à Kempis: "Everywhere I have sought rest and not found it, except sitting in a corner by myself with a book.

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

"I shall soon be rested," said Fanny; "to sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure, is the most perfect refreshment."

Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.

Wrong solitude vinegars the soul, right solitude oils it.

I cast my hook, my vote against it, I decide to make peace. I declare this intention but nothing answers. And so I put peace in a warm place, towel-covered, to proof, then into an oven. I wait. Peace is patient and undemanding, it surpasseth.

I divested myself of despair and fear when I came here. Now there is no more catching one's own eye in the mirror, there are no bad books, no plastic, no insurance premiums, and of course no illness. Contrition does not exist, nor gnashing of teeth. No one howls as the first clod of earth hits the casket. The poor we no longer have with us. Our calm hearts strike only the hour, and God, as promised, proves to be mercy clothed in light.

You cannot look at a sleeping cat and feel tense.

Mellow was the order of the day.

Buddhist mantras are deliberately deep yet superficially meaningless - to take your mind off things

She had storms all her life, but she died peacefully.

Tu sais, le coucher de soleil quand y a des gros nuages pis que le ciel est rose, ben t'es plus belle que ça. Tu sais, quand le lac est calme, que c'est comme de l'huile pis que les truites se mettent à sauter, ben t'es plus… excitante que ça.

There, behind the eye of the camera, I was truly at peace.

What is first seen as a loss is now seen as a gain. For he finds solitude, not in far off, quite places; he creates it out of himself, spreads it around him, wherever he may be, because he loves it and slowly he ripens in this tranquility. For the inner process is beginning to unfold, stillness is extraordinarily important.

When nothing can be done it is not a bad idea to do nothing.

Nature didn't disturb the peace, people did.

Being comfortable in your zone is essential to being calm.

Waiting it out is just fine. The sky won't fall, the company won't fold. It'll just be a calmer, cooler, more comfortable place to work. For everyone.

When all the people unlocked their doors, they saw that the kingdom had changed. With the towns quiet and the roads empty, the land had grown greener and the skies had grown bluer. The trees were taller, there were flowers everywhere and the air was filled with the singing of birds.

The salarians had a saying: the mind with many secrets can never rest.

We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.

Noone beautiful ever hurries.

I stopped wondering what she was feeling, what she was thinking. She was happy on the move, alert and at peace, all the inflamed spirit was lifted from her.