Quotes About Serenity

Little things comfort us because little things distress us.

Hey I'd like to daze away to a Place like no one has known In a state of mind I could call mine That only I could own Where I could hum a tune anytime I choose, and then there is no such thing as time Where I can feel no pain just calm and sane What a place for one to find

Às vezes acho que seria bom ser um fogo de artifício já explodido: seria um alívio.

There is a proven method by which, over time, the author has preserved his power to function and confidently recommends. It is this: You put on your pillow a small radio, its volume set at just above, or just below, clear audibility, tuned to a station where calm talking occurs, little music, and no shouted commercials. This reminds you of when, as a baby in a cradle, you heard the soft murmur of adult conversation in the adjacent room, and felt safe and loved and could therefore sleep secure.

When you smoke (ganja) you don't want to war.

It is better to live on the housetop than live in a house full of confusion' well, not a quote off of a book, but still my favourite.

There's nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend.

Just let go - and fall like a little waterfall

There is immense joy in just watching all the little creatures in nature.

Once you know the nature of anger and joy is empty and you let them go, you free yourself from karma.

A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.

You don't have to be a great swimmer to appreciate the benefits of sensory solitude and the equilibrium the water can bring.

How nice it would be to die swimming toward the sun. —Le Corbusier

Swimming is the second most popular recreational activity in America, outranked only by walking. But swimming is the one that quite literally takes us out of our element.

The water is the last place where people cannot text, call or find me," she says with a giggle.

swimming as the act of moving in the embrace of water,

A book ... should resemble a tranquil lake, in whose glassy surface the varied wonders of the earth and sky are faithfully imaged.

Let a man restore order within himself, and chaos without ceases.

It is curious to what a degree one may become attached to a fine tree, especially when it is placed where trees are rare.

These people were smiling because they were where they wanted to be. They understood that life is too short for what-ifs and complications. Life, they found, can be as simple as reading the wind.

Ein paar Sekunden lang herrschte Totenstille. Es war so leise, als würden selbst die Möbel die Luft anhalten.

more in tune, more Zen, if you will, than when I force myself to unplug.

The secret to fulfillment is not about exciting adventures or living out loud—no one can maintain that kind of pace—but in welcoming and even relishing the quiet and familiar.

Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you, because it is, at least in my experience, the most healing of pleasures.