Quotes About Serenity

Why is solitude so fucking hard to achieve?

...this pause of rest, This morning hush before the sun.

Slow buds the pink dawn like a rose From out night's gray and cloudy sheath; Softly and still it grows and grows, Petal by petal, leaf by leaf...

I'm sober now and very happy.

When I got sober, I really felt like there was something that was missing from my life, Buddhism is something that I practice.

Being sober is not a struggle for me.

I can't emphasise enough how grateful I am to have come upon sobriety.

You have to turn the noise off a little bit. Fortunately, I'm not really on social media. I've been able to live in a bit of a black hole.

Most evenings I'll light a few candles, get snuggled on the sofa, and read a magazine.

I have this one room - it has a TV, a sofa, some candles. I close the door, sit down and lose myself.

I would enjoy sitting in a rocker... listening to soft music and contemplating the things of the universe. But such activity offers no challenge and makes no contribution.

I will spend anything on the best sheets in the world because I am going to be in them every night. I like them white and crazy soft.

I've let my body soften. I've let it relax.

Silence is the necessary soil for any thought to flourish.

I have always been fascinated by plants. I have always preferred plants to human beings. They give me an enormous amount of solace.

The sole purpose of the bedroom is to melt away any stressors.

I like solitary pursuits, such as reading or pottering about in the garden.

I like weeding, but I tend to think of it as a solitary activity.

I'm quite a solitary person. I like being on my own.

Solitude is pleasant. Loneliness is not.

Solitude sharpens awareness of small pleasures otherwise lost.

Sometimes I just need solitude, which is really rather nice.

Solitude helps you reflect.

I try to factor solitude into my life because more and more, that's becoming a very precious and rare commodity.