Quotes About Serenity

Her pearled voice quiets a fountain. Even the silence, quiets.

Hiking is just walking where it's okay to pee.

Worry is an addiction that interferes with compassion.

He liked the grand size of things in the woods, the feeling of being lost and far away, and the sense he had that with so many trees as wardens, no danger could find him.

Every way I turned the lush green peaks towered over me. Had it been winter or spring, they would have been iron gray or dappled with pink and white dogwood, sarvis, and redbud, but always they would be there, the mountains, their heights rounded by the elements like relics worn smooth by the hands of reverent pilgrims.

The sun rode low in the sky, the storm clouds long gone. The ocean was calm today, not a white cap to be found. One would never have believed there'd been a storm less than forty-eight hours ago.

I came here searching for something, Dad. I didn't find what I'd expected, but I found what I needed: peace. I needed peace.

Insistent birds were chorusing and the sky was smeared pink and blue like Cinderella´s dress as they nodded off.

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The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it. —ARNOLD H. GLASOW

I saw him... at peace in my armchair. I remember wishing he could stay in peace like that forever. I had a feeling of easing his burden with my strength.

There's a lot more power in calm than in vituperation.

Ik wilde haar weer horen lachen. Sterker nog: ik wilde de lach uit haar tevoorschijn toveren, ik wilde de reden zijn waarom die melodie gespeeld werd, want het was de klank van geluk, van tevredenheid, van alles wat goed en mooi was in de wereld.

She started reading. She didn't mean to spend long at it, but soon she was devouring every word, oblivious to the creaking old home and the rain outside.

See how God writes history. No technical knowledge is required; only a calm day and a calm mind.

If you are bombarded by so many thoughts in solitude, you are in ignorance. If you are calm even amidst a crowd then you are in knowledge.

Don't talk unless you can improve the silence.

We are very quiet there, but it is the quiet of a storm centre. .

In order to comprehend the beauty of a Japanese garden, it is necessary to understand - or at least to learn to understand - the beauty of stone.

Learning is experience understood in tranquility.

The gift of learning to meditate is the greatest gift you can give yourself in this lifetime.

There really is a kind of insane beauty around us all the time. It's just a question of learning to slow down, take a deep breath and meet the moment.

Learning to let things go is key for a good quality of living.

You will be civilized on the day you can spend a long period doing nothing, learning nothing, and improving nothing, without feeling the slightest amount of guilt.