Quotes About Serenity

Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life. IX

Älä pyri siihen, että kaikki tapahtuisi kuten haluat, vaan halua kaiken tapahtuvan niin kuin se tapahtuu. Silloin elämäsi on tasaista virtaa.

Seek not for events to happen as you wish but rather wish for events to happen as they do and your life will go smoothly.

What is the product of virtue? Tranquillity.

Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but instead want them to happen as they do happen, and your life will go well.

Inner peace begins when we stop saying of things, "I have lost it" and instead say, "It has been returned to where it came from.

Ask not that events should happen as you will, but let your will be that events should happen that you will have peace.

I cannot stay in harmony if I let myself become upset by things beyond my control.

Kein Mensch, der in Furcht oder Sorge oder Chaos lebt, ist frei, aber wer sich von Sorgen, Furcht und Chaos befreit, wird dadurch auch aus der Sklaverei befreit.

No exijas que los acontecimientos sucedan como deseas. Acéptalos tal como son realmente. Así te será posible ser feliz.

There is one road to peace and happiness (keep the thought near by morning, noon and night): renunciation of externals;

I must be exiled; but is there anything to keep me from going with a smile, calm and self-composed?

Make the best use of what is in our power, and treat the rest in accordance with its nature.

Ask not that events should happen as you will, but let your will be that events should happen as they do, and you shall have peace.

Don't demand or expect that events happen as you would want them too. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible

Don't hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way they happen: this is the path to peace.

Put away the fear of death, and however much thunder and lightning you have to face, you will find the mind capable of remaining calm and composed regardless.

The soul is like a bowl of water, with the soul's impressions like the rays of light that strike the water. [21] Now, if the water is disturbed, the light appears to be disturbed together with it – though of course it is not.

Don't demand that things happen as you wish, but wish that they happen as they do happen, and you will go on well.

If you wish to have peace and contentment, release your attachment to all things outside your control.

End the habit of despising things that are not within your power

If you make peace with all things that are beyond your power, refusing to fight them, you will be invincible.

But the wise man knows that all things are in store for him. Whatever happens, he says: I knew it.

Where are you going to find serenity and independence – in something free, or something enslaved?