Quotes About Serenity

God-forsaken is beautiful, too.

Je reste des heures entières debout au même endroit, presque sans bouger (j'ai même vu le vent s'arrêter dans ma main)

Deer Tracks: Beautiful, sobbing high-geared fucking and then to lie silently like deer tracks in the freshly-fallen snow beside the one you love. That's all.

Bir günün olaÄŸanüstü olabilmesi için bir ÅŸeftalinin yettiÄŸi bir geçmiÅŸ zamanda bir yaz günü, s?ran?n sonunun gelmesini sab?rla bekleyen ve ÅŸeftalilerle dolu poÅŸetler ta??yan bir geyik sürüsüyle birlikte bir ren geyiÄŸi istasyonuna doÄŸru yol alan bir trendeydim sanki.

Invece di avere soltanto qualche chilometro e talvolta soltanto pochi centimetri tra un problema e l'altro, perché non incrementare la distanza? Sarebbe bello una volta tanto avere 47 chilometri tra un problema e l'altro e magari in 47 chilometri un po' di pace potrebbe spuntare come una giunchiglia in mezzo ai miei problemi.

To a large degree, the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we are able to live in the present moment. Irrespective of what happened yesterday or last year, and what may or may not happen tomorrow, the present moment is where you are—always!

slowing down your responses and becoming a better listeners aids you in becoming a more peaceful person

Change the things that can be changed, accept those that cannot, and have the wisdom to know the difference.

I am certain that a quiet mind is the foundation of inner peace. And inner peace translates into outer peace.

Humility and inner peace go hand in hand. The less compelled you are to try to prove yourself to others, the easier it is to feel peaceful inside.

If you do, there will come a day when you'll rarely feel the need to do battle at all.

speaking, as your level of understanding rises, you will have the experience of deeper feelings such as gratitude, calmness, peace, hope, and joy.

The more patient you are, the more accepting you will be of what is, rather than insisting that life be exactly as you would like it to be.

The greater our surrender to the truth of the moment, the greater will be our peace of mind.

Life isn't an emergency.

Patience adds a dimension of ease and acceptance to your life.

Wildlife is and should be useless in the same way art, music, poetry and even sports are useless. They are useless in the sense that they do nothing more than raise our spirits, make us laugh or cry, frighten, disturb and delight us. They connect us not just to what's weird, different, other, but to a world where we humans do not matter nearly as much as we like to think. And that should be enough.

He fell asleep and again dreamt of being rowed by two myrtle trees, except this time they rowed through the stars to the moon, and it was quiet, and while everything went on forever the stars were as knowable and as safe and as comforting a world as that of the rainforested rivers.

Even in Kyoto when I hear the cuckoo I long for Kyoto.

From that woman on the beach, dusk pours out across the evening waves. ISSA

Straight, as if sawn down from turf to beach, the cliff shuts off the human world, for the sea knows no time and no era; you cannot tell what century it is from the face of the sea. (The Breeze on Beachy Head)

When the mind becomes quiet, you feel nourished. SWAMI CHIDVILASANANDA

I am the running brook that soothes your soul.

Vanduo, kuris negali judÄ—ti, ima pelkÄ—ti.