Quotes About Serenity

The place is all awave with trees, Limes, myrtles, purple-beaded, Acacias having drunk the lees Of the night-dew, faint headed, And wan, grey olive-woods, which seem The fittest foliage for a dream.

Patience involves the capacity to bear with annoyances and to endure delays to our timetable.

Above all, do not lose your desire to walk: every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it … but by sitting still, and the more one sits still, the closer one comes to feeling ill … Thus if one just keeps on walking, everything will be all right. Søren Kierkegaard, letter to Jette (1847)

He lifts his eyes to Jade Dragon Peak and, suddenly, in his silver greatcoat, becomes the living image of my favourite upland traveller, the poet Li Po: You ask me why I live in the grey hills. I smile but do not answer, for my thoughts are elsewhere. Like peach petals carried by the stream, they have gone

Just focusing on my breath, my steady heartbeat, the stillness of a tree, or the intricacy of a leaf can center me in the wholeness of all things.

Balance is the core of health.

The wise learn how to carry their burden with grace, often to protect others from the emotional intensity of their pain.

As the water manifests the brightness of the moon, the moon manifests the clarity of the water.

You cannot clear muddied water with your hand. — Who is there that can make muddy water clear? But if allowed to remain still, it will become clear of itself. Who is there that can secure a state of absolute repose? But keep calm and let time go on, and the state of repose will gradually arrest.

Who is there that can make muddy water clear? But if allowed to remain still, it will become clear of itself.

One of the best lessons you can learn in life is to master how to remain calm. Calm is a super power.

Do not run away; let go. Do not seek, for it will come when least expected.

cause down the shore everything's all right

But I do like to have peace and quiet for a good hour.

On the still calm waters of surrender the reflections of clarity appear

Let it all go and enjoy the profound gifts found in your quiet places.

Become empty to become complete, for it is the void that defines the form.

The greatest self is a peaceful smile, that always sees the world smiling back.

Peace IS Prosperity.

The master action, to move forward is a form of inaction; being still and quiet.

Delight in meditation and solitude. Compose yourself, be happy. You are a seeker.

The greatest prayer is patience

When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.

Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.