Quotes About Serenity

For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining, is to let it rain.

A quiet smile played around his lips, As the eddies and dimples of the tide Play round the bows of ships.

Silence is a great peacemaker.

The holiest of all holidays are those Kept by ourselves in silence and apart.

O holy Night! from these I learn to bear What man has borne before! Thou layest thy finger on the lips of Care, And they complain no more.

With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen pictures and some books, I live without envy

In each thing there is an insinuation of death. Stillness, silence, serenity are all apprenticeships.

I'll always be happy if they'd leave me alone in that delightful and unknown furthest corner, apart from struggles, putrefactions and nonsense; the ultimate corner of sugar and toast, where the mermaids catch the branches of the willows and the heart opens to a flute's sharpness.

Moon like a large stainedglass window that breaks on the ocean.

We prefer to avoid men, and to shun the world, in order that we may seek in retirement, the only peace that is possessing, the only happiness which is left us to enjoy.

How sweet and soothing is this hour of calm I thank thee, night for thou has chased away these horrid bodements which, amidst the throng, I could not dissipate and with the blessing of thy benign and quiet influence now will I to my couch, although to rest is almost wronging such a night as this.

In solitude, where we are least alone.

Come, lay thy head upon my breast and I'll kiss thee unto rest.

And gave no outward signs of inward strife

This is to be alone; this, this is solitude!

It's time for quiet, Shakes,' Michael said, staring down at the ground. 'That I do know. Give things a rest. Find a spot where I can shut my eyes and not have to see the places I've been. Maybe I'll even get lucky and forget I was ever there.

People misunderstand power. Real power is being at peace with oneself and living in the moment—not being affected by the currents and actions of others.

The world around me fades.

we won't borrow trouble—not when we have enough to see us through the day.

peace. it does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. it means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.

Being silent is like emptying the trash. When you stop tossing junk into the void—words,words,words—something important rises to the surface.

PEACE. IT DOES NOT MEAN TO BE IN A PLACE WHERE THERE IS NO NOISE, TROUBLE, OR HARD WORK. IT MEANS TO BE IN THE MIDST OF THOSE THINGS AND STILL BE CALM IN

IT DOES NOT MEAN TO BE IN A PLACE WHERE THERE IS NO NOISE, TROUBLE, OR HARD WORK. IT MEANS TO BE IN THE MIDST OF THOSE THINGS AND STILL BE CALM IN YOUR HEART.

I don't need liquor to color the world