Quotes About Serenity

Music is like outer space, Benny. No need for flying to some other place. Everything is so beautiful right here.

Waves and starlings, pebbles and crows . . .

As I bathe myself I pray with all beings that we can purify body and mind and clean ourselves inside and out.

noise-canceling headphones

And yet, at night I lie on my bed, counting my beads, one for every thing on earth I love, on and on, in a circle without end.

It was pretty fishing. The brook was edged with fern and birch and sassafras and shadbush. The rocks had different kinds of moss. There were lots of birds, warblers, nuthatches and thrushes. Ever catch a speckled beauty of a trout while a hermit thrush sang? Well-it's something you always remember.

Dawn and Dusk - these are the most pleasant hours in Africa. The sun is either not yet scorching, or it is no longer so - it lets you be, lets you live.

After hanging up the phone Aoyama sank back back on the sofa feeling like a balloon in a warm blue sky.

I raise myself up once more, look about the room with an indescribable peace of mind, and then it's goodnight, down under the eiderdown.

Expect Nothing

For an instant, silence, noisier than a waterfall.

Peace broke out.

For an instant, silence, nosier than a waterfall.

They had been married in the Rhodopé Building looking out at the glory of the park. They honeymooned in the same private universe and needed nothing more, neither Venice nor the Hatsheput Temple nor an island in the sun.

A true spiritual practitioner is someone who has discovered that it is possible to be at ease in the world for no reason, if only for a few moments at a time.

Then amongst flowers and springs, Making delightful sport, Sat lovers without conflict, without flame

I don't psyche myself up. I psyche myself down. I think clearer when I'm not psyched up.

When speech comes from a quiet heart, it has the strength of the orchid, and the fragrance of rock.

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.

You are the strongest when relaxed and at peace

Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace.

You can never be free until you develop the mental strength to stop fretting over things you cannot control.

Keep believing in brighter days, finding ways for your dreams and wishes to come true. Giving you hope that is as certain as the sun, giving you strength of serenity as your guide.

Your strength is how calmly, quietly and peacefully you face life.