Quotes About Tranquility

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval which separates two desires a perfect calm reigns in the mind. It is at this moment freed from all thought, love or hate. Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.

I was happiest between the waves.

Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.

I've always been under the impression that it would be such a bummer to be in a peaceful place like Hawaii or the tropics and be stressed about catching waves.

I don't like sensationalizing events. Instead of making waves, I want to make everything settle, so we can see to the bottom of things.

Isolation is the one sure way to human happiness.

Sometimes, I'd stop the car on the way home after filming 'Millionaire', and fish for a while in the dark.

I think that peace is, in many ways, a precondition of joy.

In this life, we are in a constant search for inner peace. We long for it in all aspects of our lives, both personally and professionally. The truth is that we cannot have inner peace without balance. It seems that having too much or too little of anything completely throws off our balance, therefore limiting our inner peace.

For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.

Usually when I'm on a plane, I try to enjoy the fact that I have to be still for eight hours and read a book.

If I have to spend a lot of time on planes, I try to think of this as time off. In certain ways, it's more restful than home: no Internet, no phones, no interruptions.

It is a rather pleasant experience to be alone in a bank at night.

I'm really trying to be in the now - that's so spiritual and stuff. It's just so much more pleasant and sane.

I'm really easy to please and not high-maintenance at all. I like that chill, not stressed-out kind of lifestyle.

Please don't make me sound like a crazy hermit, but I don't like crowds or noise.

Idleness allows you to turn a situation from boredom to pleasure.

A garden must combine the poetic and the mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy.

I'm off to sit on a cliff.

Sometimes I like to be more simple - simple colours, to be completely empty.

I don't like conflict.

I'm not fond of crowds. I'm no jittery neurotic, but I don't really want to be surrounded by a lot of people if I have a choice.

I love to be surrounded by nature.