Quotes About Serenity

Teach me O God not to torture myself not to make a martyr out of myself through stifling reflection but rather teach me to breathe deeply in faith.

1.01 MY PRAYERNo stone may turn when I walk, No being may pain when I talk, No man may dread of my knock, And this I ask of You to stock.[1] - 1

If we are incapable of finding peace in ourselves, it is pointless to search elsewhere.

My relationship to plants becomes closer and closer. They make me quiet; I like to be in their company.

Hospitality consists in a little fire, a little food, and an immense quiet

He accepted what each moment brough him, and never troubled himself with matters that were outside his control.

Imperturbability means coolness and presence of mind under all circumstances, calmness amid storm, clearness of judgment in moments of grave peril, immobility, impassiveness, or, to use an old and expressive word, phlegm.

Peace I leave you. My peace I give you.

Taceant Colloquia. Effugiat Risus. Hic Locus Est Ubi Mors Gaudet Succurrere Vitae. [Let idle talk be silenced. Let laughter be banished. Here is the place where Death delights to succour Life.]

The happiest people seem to be Those who have no particular cause for being happy Except that they are so.

He is divinely bent on meditation.

Shut upIn measureless content.

And smooth as monumental alabaster.

Rest, rest, perturbed spirit!

Truth hath a quiet breast.

Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains.

Quiet consummation have;And renowned be thy grave!

I could be well contentTo entertain the lag-end of my lifeWith quiet hours.

Our foster-nurse of nature is repose.

Under the greenwood treeWho loves to lie with me,And turn his merry noteUnto the sweet bird's throat,Come hither, come hither, come hither:Here shall he seeNo enemyBut winter and rough weather.

A peace above all earthly dignities,A still and quiet conscience.

Expect Saint Martin's summer, halcyon days.

Blessed are the peacemakers on earth.

And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in everything.