Quotes About Serenity

How long will it last, this peace I have found at sea? It is all of life that I contemplate—sun, clouds, time that passes and abides.

Qu'y a-t-il de plus jouissif que de s'arrêter de penser ? Cesser enfin ce flot débordant d'idées plus ou moins utiles ou plus ou moins importantes. S'arrêter de penser ! Comme si on était mort tout en pouvant redevenir vivant. Être le vide. Retourner aux origines suprêmes. N'être même plus quelqu'un qui ne pense à rien. Être rien. Voilà une noble ambition.

She loved going to bed when the sheets had just been changed and inhaling the outside wind and sun and rain on them

Era tal la calma, la paz, que hasta el mismo Pan parecía dormir».

There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea.

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Sitting. Sitting is the hardest, Mr Ui. Yes, some people can walk, and some people can stand; but show me the man who knows how to sit.

A lovely horse is always an experience.... It is an emotional experience of the kind that is spoiled by words.

Thus thinking and thus practising, you will find this sense grow within you, this sense of calm and of strength and of serenity, so that you will feel as though you were in a place of peace, no matter what the storm in the outer world, and you will see and feel the storm and yet not be shaken by it.

When I'm alone in nature as I am now, I marvel that I ever let a day go by when I'm not in nature as I am now. But the truth is, not only days but whole months go by between immersions. How can that be, when I feel so recharged here?

Lucille always loved a strong breeze. She said it was nature's way of blowing away our sorrows.' Just then another gust of wind whipped around us. Aunt Tootie smiled. I smiled too.

A strong breeze is natures way of blowing away our sorrows.

A powerful healing force lives deep within these woods. Whenever you children are hurting or can't make sense of things, just come out here and spend some time with the trees. Give their trunks a good strong pat. When you go home, you'll feel better.

Deep down I had the feeling that Oletta most likely knew all that was worth knowing, not in book-learning ways, but in the ways that really mattered, ways that let you hum songs during the day and sleep peacefully at night.

It should be said that I love best the early-morning hours when my thoughts are my own. I love the scratched-glass bubble of a solo train ride. A solitary walk in search of turtle shells beside a lazy canal. This here and this now, this page, when memory is the other person in the room, the voice in my ear, the speculation.

Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?

When I stopped to pay attention to where my breathing was deep and settled, the truth began to emerge from the mist.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change. The courage to change the things I can. And the wisdom to know the difference. I still didn't know the difference.

perfectly quiet

There are so many kinds of beauty-have you ever looked in a small hidden pool in a wood, Becky? It's full of beauty, but it's not in the least spectacular, only restful and quiet and never-endingly fascinating.

Anyone with any sense knew that one of the best parts of the day was the hour just as the sun was rising.

The state of severance of union with sorrow is known by the name of yoga.

The serenity of mind, gentleness, silence, self-restraint, and the purity of mind are called the austerity of thought.

Bear shame and glory with an equal peace and an ever tranquil heart.