Quotes About Serenity

Still—there's no use trying to figure why things fall the way they do. Things just are, and fussing don't bring changes.

She did not move. And about her the entire house, the street, seemed to encourage her, seemed to consider this motionlessness natural.

He thought of how calm he was. His calm was so perfect that he could not destroy it even by being conscious of it.

or in the forest; mingling various walks with the splash and murmur of the waves, and the solemn wind-anthem among the tree-tops.

I find myself at the extremity of a long beach. How gladly does the spirit leap forth, and suddenly enlarge its sense of being to the full extent of the broad, blue, sunny deep! A greeting and a homage to the Sea! I descend over its margin, and dip my hand into the wave that meets me, and bathe my brow. That far-resounding roar is the Ocean's voice of welcome. His salt breath brings a blessing along with it

Then she was sure of her, and tasted hours of quiet, sad, delicious happiness;

they took long walks on the sea-shore, or in the forest; mingling various talk with the plash and murmur of the waves, and the solemn wind-anthem among the tree-tops.

I never, till now, had a friend who could give me repose; all have disturbed me, and, whether for pleasure or pain, it was still disturbance. But peace overflows from your heart into mine.

no better occupation than to look down into the garden.

With the lapse of every moment, the garden grew more picturesque;

Sometimes I sits and thinks. Other times I sits and drinks, but mostly I just sits.

In time, all storms settle to a pleasant breeze.

The hiss of waves breaking at her ankles is a gentle sigh, as if the sea itself has found lasting contentment.

True solace can be worth it's weight in gold.

She now understood the allure the sea held for Jeri. The freedom to leave your darkest shadows behind, and the hope that those shadows might drown before they could find you.

Once you've found paradise, why go anywhere else?

Now he's far away, floating in the clouds, playing Scrabble with the Dalai Lama, but wouldn't you know it, all the tiles are in Tibetan.

Well, at least the music was pretty.

Bit by bit, they come to appreciate inner peace. Which is as it should be. In time, all storms settle to a pleasant breeze.

In time, all storms settle to a pleasant breeze. —The Thunderhead

Là, tout n'est qu'ordre et beauté, Luxe, calme et volupté. (L'Invitation au Voyage)

I join a heart of snow to the whiteness of swans; I hate movement for it displaces lines, And never do I weep and never do I laugh.

Almost all our evils arise from being unable to stay in our rooms," said another sage, Pascal. ("Yan?lm?yorsam Pascal, 'neredeyse tüm mutsuzluklar?m?z odam?zda kalmay? bilememiÅŸ olmam?zdan geliyor ba??m?za' der")

Derrière les ennuis et les vastes chagrins Qui chargent de leur poids l'existence brumeuse, Heureux celui qui peut d'une aile vigoureuse S'élancer vers les champs lumineux et sereins