Quotes About Serenity

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

And the night shall be filled with music And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away.

Blessed be he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

Rocked in the cradle of the deep, I lay me down in peace to sleep.

Take the time to come home to yourself everyday.

Time is a flowing river. Happy those who allow themselves to be carried, unresisting, with the current. They float through easy days. They live, unquestioning, in the moment.

It is not irritating to be where one is. It is only irritating to think one would like to be somewhere else.

Silence sweeter is than speech.

There may be those on earth who dress better or eat better, but those who enjoy the peace of God sleep better.

If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.

Prayer is a kind of calling home every day. And there can come to you a serenity, a feeling of at-homeness in God's universe, a peace that the world can neither give nor disturb, a fresh courage, a new insight, a holy boldness that you'll never, never get any other way.

Private place and plenty of time are the life of prayer.

I never said "I want to be alone." I only said,"I want to be left alone." There is all the difference.

Expect nothing and life will be velvet.

To feel that one has a place in life solves half the problem of contentment.

Give me but one hour of Scotland, Let me see it ere I die.

There is always a certain peace in being what one is, in being that completely.

You must learn to be still in the midst of activity, and to be vibrantly alive in repose.

It was enough just to sit there without words.

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

Still waters run deep.

Be silent and safe - silence never betrays you.

Sleep is the best cure for waking troubles.

Soft closer of our eyes! Low murmur of tender lullabies!