Quotes About Serenity

Great literature] lifts you out of the here and now and brings you closer to the angels.

And with that, Kat closed her eyes. She didn't see the first flakes of snow fall outside her window. She didn't feel Hale cover her with a blanket. She was already fast asleep.

The sun is at the horizon now, and the sky streaks with reds and golds. The whole world seems to be wearing a halo, and for a second I let myself savor it. I let myself believe. Alexei's arm is warm around my shoulder and a cool breeze blows in off the sea. Between us, we speak seven different languages, but not a one of us says a word. We sit in silence as the sun sets, marking the end of this day. Marking the beginning of everything else.

se derrumbó del todo cuando descubrió los placeres del fracaso, la serenidad de la abulia absoluta, la venenosa satisfacción de estar todo el día en la cama, sin otro compromiso que esperar la llegada de un nuevo día de pasividad, de estricta indolencia.

I spent the strangest days of my life in Amirbar. In Amirbar I left shreds of my soul and most of the energy that fired my youth. Perhaps I came down from there more serene, I don't know, but I was everlastingly weary too. What happened to me since then has been a matter of simply surviving each day's difficulties. Trivialities. Not even the ocean could give back to me my vocation for dreaming with my eyes open: I used that up in Amirbar and received nothing in return.

May you bring unconditional love and infinite peace.

Don't we deserve a little peace?" I pull her back to me, deluding myself into thinking that if I can just hug her enough, love her enough, I can vanquish her fears.

I close my eyes and pass through a world where there is only love.

Le dije a mi hija, la primera vez que experimentó amor, que no tratara de aprisionarlo. —Piensa que estás en un cálido estanque en verano —le dije—, con círculos concéntricos a tu alrededor. Rayos dorados de sol inundan tu cabello, acarician tu cara. Inhálalo, respíralo; jamás te dejará.

Imagine if Uluru is absolute serenity and the ocean is homicidically mental, then my mother has been driving up and down the Pacific Highway for as long as I can remember.

How good it felt to exist without pride or ambition. To live in hibernation.

Si quieres ser feliz, vive escondido»

La única manera de dejar de sufrir consiste en mantener la cabeza vacía

Amé, fuí amado, el sol acarició mi faz. ¡Vida, nada me debes! ¡Vida, estamos en paz! I loved, I was loved, the sun stroked my face. Life, you owe me nothing! Life, we are at peace!

We'd run out of coke but not out of time.

The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.

There is nothing like a Bach fugue to remove me from a discordant moment... only Bach hold up fresh and strong after repeated playing. I can always return to Bach when the other records weary me.

I like being in warm weather. I find that relaxes me. I like being near water. I like sitting on a beach and sort of hearing the water, watching waves break, looking at the shimmering. I find that really relaxing.

My favorite place is Maui. It's almost perfect there - the people, the weather, just everything. No matter how busy you are, when you get to Maui, you chill and relax.

I kind of like rainy weather at nighttime. I used to take naps in rainy weather.

I love going to England and discovering new places in the countryside. I love the English weather and the freedom that the place gives.

I felt very unstressed on my wedding day. I'm very grateful for that... spending the day on my own, being super quiet and happy and just puttering around doing my own thing.

I just want an intimate beach wedding.

As time goes by, you seem to weed out the things that were making your life hard.