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Quotes About Serenity

The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.
~ Samuel Johnson
[Sunday] should be different from another day. People may walk, but not throw stones at birds. There may be relaxation, but there should be no levity.
~ Samuel Johnson
I do hate to be unquiet at home.
~ Samuel Pepys
Never less alone than when alone.
~ Samuel Rogers
If we opened our minds to enjoyment, we might find tranquil pleasures spread about us on every side. We might live with the angels that visit us on every sunbeam, and sit with the fairies who wait on every flower.
~ Samuel Smiles
That gracious thing, made up of tears and light. ††
~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Blest hour! it was a luxury to be!
~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Her beams bemocked the sultry main,Like April hoarfrost spread;But where the ship's huge shadow lay,The charmed water burnt alwayA still and awful red.
~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge
A noise like of a hidden brookIn the leafy month of June,That to the sleeping woods all nightSingeth a quiet tune.
~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The moving moon went up the sky,And nowhere did abide;Softly she was going up,And a star or two beside.
~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Oh sleep! it is a gentle thing, Beloved from pole to pole.
~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge
O it is pleasant, with a heart at ease, Just after sunset, or by moonlight skies, To make the shifting clouds be what you please.
~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge
No Voice; but oh! the silence sank like music on my heart.
~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Concedimi la serenità di accettare le cose che non posso cambiare, il coraggio per cambiare quelle che posso, e la saggezza per riconoscerne la differenza
~ San Francesco d'Assisi
Heaven is to live a life of freedom
~ Sandra Gulland
the solace of minutia
~ Sandra Gulland
Pasha stalk beside, my monster fabulous and tame, and be like fleeing every worry to a secret hush.
~ Sandra Newman
Walking out to hunt at sunrise be like stepping straight from your own dreams into birdsong and dew. Trees seem higher. Gray shy dawnlight fill their rushing crowns from underneath. Pasha stalk beside, my monster fabulous and tame, and be like fleeing every worry to a secret hush.
~ Sandra Newman
Nada te turbe, nada te espante. Tudo passa; Deus não muda. A paciência tudo alcança. Quem a Deus tem, nada lhe falta. Só Deus basta.
~ SANTA TERESA DE AVILA
edge of town all graveyard and the sound of waves
~ Sant?ka Taneda
No tira los bancos o (las sillas) estrepitosa o bruscamente, no toca ruidosamente las puertas; siempre se deleita en el silencio. La garza, el gato y el ladrón actúan queda y sigilosamente, y logran lo que desean. El asceta debe conducirse siempre de forma similar.
~ Santideva
tak ada yang lebih tabah dari hujan bulan Juni dirahasiakannya rintik rindunya kepada pohon berbunga itu tak ada yang lebih bijak dari hujan bulan Juni dihapusnya jejak-jejak kakinya yang ragu-ragu di jalan itu tak ada yang lebih arif dari hujan bulan Juni dibiarkannya yang tak terucapkan diserap akar pohon bunga itu
~ Sapardi Djoko Damono
Kita berdua saja duduk, Aku memesan ilalang panjang dan bunga rumput, Kau entah memesan apa, Aku memesan batu ditengah sungai terjal yang deras, Kau entah memesan apa, Tapi kita berdua saja duduk,
~ Sapardi Djoko Damono
may you sleep on the breast of your delicate friend
~ Sappho