Quotes About Serenity

acceptance and presence

When you know you're the ocean, you're not afraid of the waves.

Zen master Seng-tsan taught that true freedom is being "without anxiety about imperfection.

The world doesn't need to be fixed,it only needs to be balanced.And the art of balance demands you tread lightly,not leap ahead in a continual frenzy.The art of balance demands you know your designated role in the game of life,not start muscling in on everyone else's.The art of balance demands knowledge of timelessness,of birth and death and rebirth.The art of balance demands you know the world cannot be fixed it must be endured. It must simply forever be kept in a splendid play.

He who submits to fate without complaint is wise.

When I'm working in the barn or house I often think of all the errors I've made in my life. But then I quickly put that behind me and think of water lilies. They will always eradicate unpleasant thoughts. Or goslings are equally comforting in their own way.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama says that if we can maintain a calm and peaceful mind, our external surroundings can only cause us limited disturbance.

It is not easy to explain how I felt while I read, but I will try. No doubt you, as a reader, will understand. It appeared I found myself in a place where no one could bother me, where no one could reach me. I grew impervious to all the noises around me.

My prayer for you is for peace, which is something you have to make. You can't just have it.

But neither of us closed our eyes against the immeasurable dark of that silent night.

feliz! No es la alegría de la infancia o la juventud, es la alegría de la madurez, la tranquilidad y la aceptación».

But what did they protest? Inequality, which is the variety of God. Instability, which is the light of the universes. Uneasiness of mind, which is the soul of philosophy. Apparent injustices, which are the goad of the spirit. Vulnerability to life and other men, which is a charge to become invulnerable through Faith in God. The presence of suffering or misfortune—but these are a call for the soul to put on armor and serenity.

Remember we were sitting there by the water.

The prospect of living without interference, living in a world where windfalls and misfortunes were never by design, held no terror for him.

It's funny: when you're tranquil,

This evening, I sat by an open window and read till the light was gone and the book was no more than a part of the darkness....

Flecks of foam on the fountain's lips as it reads aloud from the scripture of water.

A Happy Birthday - 1939- This evening, I sat by an open window and read till the light was gone and the book was no more than a part of the darkness. I could easily have switched on a lamp, but I wanted to ride this day down into night, to sit alone and smooth the unreadable page with the pale gray ghost of my hand.

I never found it frustrating not speaking.

Silence is safer than speech.

We're all spending way too much of our time and energy trying to fight the stuff we can't change.

I've realized that I really like spending time in the countryside and having a garden.

Spending time with the horses was also a good place to escape to if you were having a bad day, so it was good from a mental point of view.

I love just being in the sphere of nothingness looking inwards.