Quotes About Serenity

As cool as the pale wet leaves of lily-of-the-valley She lay beside me in the dawn.

Alba As cool as the pale wet leaves of lily-of-the-valley She lay beside me in the dawn.

It is soul-satisfying to know that God is mindful of us and ready to respond when we place our trust in Him and do that which is right. There is no place for fear among men and women who place their trust in the Almighty and who do not hesitate to humble themselves in seeking divine guidance through prayer. Though persecutions arise, though reverses come, in prayer we can find reassurance, for God will speak peace to the soul. That peace, that spirit of serenity, is life's greatest blessing

I just hope he went someplace where he could find a little peace... somewhere between nowhere and goodbye...

Not moving, and barely

Requiescat come cazzo gli pare. Amen!

One indulgence alone from time to time I allow myself -- 'tis Music! which has power to delight me even to rapture! it quiets all anxiety, it carries me out of myself, I forget through it every calamity, even the bitterest anguish.

Life has much of harmony yet in store for you.

As people began to congregate around the door, Tiana made her way to the closest window. She gasped at the sight on the other side of the glass. The fog had thinned, but only in the area surrounding their house, and flower petals rained from the sky. They collected on the ground like a colorful snowfall. Tiana closed her eyes, a gentle smile touching her lips. She was at peace, because her daddy was now at peace.

Peace, it's wonderful.

We must get beyond passions, like a great work of art. In such miraculous harmony. We should learn to love each other so much to live outside of time... detached.

Llena, pues, de palabras mi locura o déjame vivir en mi serena noche del alma para siempre oscura.

There are souls that you feel to lean forward to, like a sun-filled window

The still waters of the air under the bough of the echo. The still waters of the water under a frond of stars. The still waters of your mouth under a thicket of kisses. — Federico García Lorca, "Variación/Variations," Selected Poems by Federico García Lorca . Translated from the Spanish by Lysander Kemp, from (New Directions 1955)

El silencio redondo de la noche sobre el pentágrama del infinito.

Mi casa era como un mar de aguas verdosas que nunca tenían grandes cóleras. Nosotros navegábamos por ellas como piratas pobres que tienen poco ánimo para conquistar ningún botín.

Caminaba ligero siempre, y al pasar entre las otras, las otras parecían plantas que se movían por una brisa suave.

They fluttered and rustled ceaselessly through the air from all the tree-tops and branches. A delicate silvery sound was falling constantly to earth. It was wonderful to awaken amidst it, wonderful to fall asleep to this mysterious and melancholy whispering.

Never change your plans because of the weather, be Zen and go with the weather, let the weather reveal itself to you in all its variety and grandeur.

We walk into the olive grove and sit in the dry grass on the bluff. The monastery and the whole world lie before us. Purples, yellows, pinks and blues but all washed, hazy, indefinite, dreamy. The world was dissolving, vanishing. And if you half-closed your eyes, you could see yourself from afar, dissolving in the haze. You could see yourself turning into light.

For me it is sufficient to have a corner by my hearth, a book and a friend, and a nap undisturbed by creditors or grief.

Es el tributo que se paga para vivir con tranquilidad en el país de los callados.

el idiota se ha disculpado, ahora ya podemos descansar en paz.

Sit still with me in the shade of these green trees, which have no weightier thought than the withering of their leaves when autumn arrives, or the stretching of their many stiff fingers into the cold sky of the passing winter.