Quotes About Serenity

Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.

You have to do what makes you feel good, but for me, it has to come from that spiritual side first.

Spirituality is an anchor for me and guides me through life.

If you're not settled spiritually, things can be a little bit more chaotic than normal.

Me, I'm spiritually retarded, I need to be knee deep in water with a fly rod in my hands, that's about as close to God as I get.

We are spoilt for beauty in Edinburgh, it's so close to the sea and the mountains.

There is a lot of silence in me, and I feel that silence is often better than spoken words.

I respect marriage, and I think it's beautiful that people do it. But for me, more important than anything is having a peaceful life and a peaceful home.

For the mind disturbed, the still beauty of dawn is nature's finest balm.

To live long, live slowly.

Even modern medical researchers have come to the conclusion that peace of mind is vital for good health.

The great thing about faith in God is that it keeps a man undisturbed in the midst of disturbance.

The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.

There is no happiness higher than what a man obtains by this attitude of non-offensiveness, to all creation.

In a calm sea every man is a pilot.

You modern men, you children of reason, cannot begin to appreciate love as pure bliss and divine serenity.

I remember thinking that walking on the beach as a free man is pretty desirable.

It is a fine thing to be out on the hills alone. A man can hardly be a beast or a fool alone on a great mountain.

Man is ill because he is never still.

He who has achieved this state Is unconcerned with friends and enemies, With good and harm, with honor and disgrace. This therefore is the highest state of man.

Man's troubles are rooted in extreme attention to senses, thoughts, and imagination. Attention should be focused internally to experience a quiet body and a calm mind.

The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is possible.

In my solitude, many miles from men and houses, I am in a childishly happy and carefree state of mind, which you are incapable of understanding unless someone explains it to you

Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe.