Quotes About Serenity

The noise of the trees, the breaking of moon into silver fish bouncing off the leaves of asters outside.

At night, returning from work, Anil would slip out of her sandals and stand in the shallow water, her toes among the white petals, her arms folded as she undressed the day, removing layers of events and incidents so they would no longer be within her. She would stand there for a while, then walk wet-footed to bed.

Succinct histories tell us something—that anything peaceful has a troubled past.

She finds rest as opposed to sleep the truly pleasurable state.

She stands up in the garden where she has been working and looks into the distance.

But he had a serenity that came with the choice of the life he wanted to live. And this serenity and certainty I have seen only among those who have the armour of books close by. I

Mr. Fonseka would not be a wealthy man. And it would be a spare life he would be certain to lead as a schoolteacher in some urban location. But he had a serenity that came with the choice of the life he wanted to live. And this serenity and certainty I have seen only among those who have the armour of books close by.

Twenty thousand birds moved away from me as one, like a ground-hugging white cloud, clucking softly.

Since long I've held silence a remedy for harm.

Singing is a form of meditation... apparently the only one that I have command over.

Sometimes that is why you might even stay in the bathroom for even half an hour, making that water running all over, just singing.

I don't regret a single day of my life.

There's nothing better than sinking into my feather pillows after a hard day's work.

I try to sit still for about 15 minutes each morning without making lists or running in overdrive.

If I had a free afternoon, I would play music, sit in my backyard, and drink coffee.

I'm going to sit back, light up, and hope I don't chew the cigarette to pieces.

I really just like to sit alone at the piano. I need my me time.

I have a couple of dogs and I live with my partner. We just like to sit and read and I'm generally quite quiet.

I'm not a very glamorous person. I like to just sit alone in a room and read a book or meditate.

Sitting on a plastic chair at night listening to the sea lapping below while sipping a cold beer is about as good as life gets.

If I'm in a pressurised situation, I've learned to breathe, chill myself out and be calm.

Vipassana taught me how to maintain equanimity in all situations of life.

I have a way of just being ice and just cooling situations and making things work.

I meditate daily, and I think it's sort of a life skill.