Quotes About Serenity

I relish the sense of being alone with nature, knowing that of all people in the world only I am hearing these sounds in this place. The tranquil mood feels vaguely religious, what I should be feeling in church but rarely do. In

The quieter the mind," said Meister Eckhart, "the more powerful, the worthier, the deeper, the more telling and more perfect the prayer is.

Resignation is the better part of wisdom.

Like all great readers, he could create for himself a wall of stillness.

Simplicity. Ah, that I can offer in abundance.

She stood silent among the quiet sounds of the night, and certainty came to her.

Her sadness had given her a serenity which had not been there before. It was as if she had learned a hard lesson: that chances in life would not fall into her lap like ripe cherries.

I think we should all just lie down beside each other with our arms folded over our chests and die peacefully, Caroline said in a hoarse whisper, ever the actress.

Do not panic! Lord Thistlebottom

Finding a sanctuary, a place apart from time, is not so different from finding a faith.

Sitting still as a way of falling in love with the world and everything in it;

I loved the quiet places in Kyoto, the places that held the world within a windless moment. Inside the temples, Nature held her breath. All longing was put to sleep in the stillness, and all was distilled into a clean simplicity. The smell of woodsmoke, the drift of incense; a procession of monks in black-and-gold robes, one of them giggling in a voice yet unbroken; a touch of autumn in the air, a sense of gathering rain.

There is hardly more than the eyes, the open air, the grass and the water in the distance . . .

So many things which once had distressed or revolted him — the speeches and pronouncements of the learned, their assertions and their prohibitions, their refusal to allow the universe to move — all seemed to him now merely ridiculous, non-existent, compared with the majestic reality, the flood of energy, which now revealed itself to him: omnipresent, unalterable in its truth, relentless in its development, untouchable in its serenity, maternal and unfailing in its protectiveness.

What else can one do in the time before sunset?

aos seres humanos a paz, ao mar a calma; Aos ventos o repouso, e na nossa dor o sono.

There are two things a person should never be angry at: what they can help, and what they cannot.

Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.

The latrine is an oasis of peace.

El tiempo había cambiado, desaparecían las nubes y ante él se extendía una llanura cubierta de un tapiz blanco y ondulante.

Sleep, when deep enough, is indistinguishable from vigilance.

And without forgiveness, there is never any peace.

He'd been happier in abandoned places, so long as they were quiet and had enough light to read by.

It began to feel almost benign, these calm days in the sun.