Quotes About Serenity

Once one thinks like a mountain, the whole world is converted. All things confirm me. Then I sit on dojo cushions that do not move. There is no controller and no one to control.

The longer one is alone, the easier it is to hear the song of the earth.

the evening crowd on University Avenue appeared to be living in an earlier American era, one lacking desperation, hysteria, and Fox News.

Lord, grant us rest tonight, and if we must be wakeful, cheerful.

Take no revenge that you have not pondered beneath a starry sky, or on a canyon overlook, or to the lapping of waves and the mewing of a distant gull.

[I]t's getting harder and harder to worry needlessly.

The key to enjoying the moment is to always carry a list of "Things I Gotta Do That Can Wait."

There are days when you seek the company of your solitude, and your solitude just wants to be left alone.

When men were all asleep, the snow came flying,In large white flakes falling on the city brown,Stealthily and perpetually settling and loosely lying,Hushing the latest traffic of the drowsy town.

I am grown peaceful as old age tonight.

He who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once.

The best way to escape His ireIs, not to seem too happy.

Where the quiet-colored end of evening smiles.

Let's contend no more, Love,Strive nor weep:All be as before, Love,—Only sleep!

Who hears music, feels his solitude Peopled at once.

What physic, what chirurgery, what wealth, favor, authority can relieve, bear out, assuage, or expel a troubled conscience? A quiet mind cureth all.

A quiet mind cureth all.

C'était, pensa-t-elle, comme un doux peigne passant dans son cerveau, redressant les pensées et défaisant les nÅ"uds.

A veces puedes lograr más no haciendo nada.

I always say, if you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin to the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips.

A beautiful battle is one you don't have to fight

Change what you can if it needs changing, but learn to live with what you can't change.' You'll only get a sick stomach, otherwise

No use pulling your hair when the wind isn't blowing the way you want

A light breeze caught the scent of roses and ruffled tall calma bushes with their big red or white blossoms.