Quotes About Serenity

once heard it explained that being near the ocean, with the surf and the swirling waters, was like being tucked inside a mother's womb.

Oddly, I found myself calmer than I'd been in a long while. Maybe it was simply because my muscles ached or maybe because I felt that nothing was more compelling than the stack of wood that was waiting in Camelli's garage.

He was a man who knew he'd come in after a long day and had found his shade (Irma)

She drew in a breath of salty sea air and let it out, mentally disconnecting with life on land even as the boat whisked her away from it. Just for today, she'd leave her worries behind and surrender to the wind's wiles.

Most supernatural peace is too quiet for our flesh.

The sun was beginning to fade, though, and the air - slightly chilled as it slid through the trees - carried with it just the barest hint of rain.

Soft waves broke against the rocks.

But lately he'd noticed an air of grace settling in his daughter. He wasn't sure where it had come from—some girls grew into womanhood gracefully, others remained girls their whole lives—but it was there in Katie all of a sudden, a peacefulness, a serenity even.

Having many enemies means having no peace.

Human beings have a tremendous need to have quiet time alone, to reflect upon life and reconnect with the soul.

I'm actually very humbled listening to His Holiness,' the Archbishop said, 'because I've frequently mentioned to people the fact of his serenity and his calm and joyfulness. We would probably have said 'in spite of' the adversity, but it seems like he's saying 'because of' the adversity that this has evolved for him.

He had learned early on the trick of living separately in a crowd, private in his mind when his body could not be. But he was born a mountain-dweller, and had learned early, too, the enchantment of solitude, and the healing of quiet places.

The mountains had their own time, and a wise man did not try to hurry them.

The night was cold, and very quiet, as though we were the only two souls in the world.

solitude was in its own way a balm for loneliness.

But we do not fear silence, for often God speaks loudest in the quiet of our hearts." And

There was a curious peace in this day, a sense of things working quietly in their proper courses, nothing minding the upsets and turmoils of human concerns. Perhaps it was the peace that one always finds outdoors, far enough away from buildings and clatter. Maybe it was the result of gardening, that quiet sense of pleasure in touching growing things, the satisfaction of helping them thrive.

I found the rooted silence, rushing stream, and rustling leaves balm to the spirit.

But we do not fear silence, for often God speaks loudest in the quiet of our hearts.

Some nights, he even slept.

O verdadeiro perdão não é forçado - disse -, mas cai como o suave sereno do céu...

the library held a hushed exultation, as though the cherished volumes were all singing soundlessly within their covers.

me. The cloud cover had parted for a moment and the light touched the

Here an ancient oriel window opened glassless to the sky, and the light of the hunter's moon washed us in silver. We lay clasped together, damp skins cooling in the winter air, waiting for our racing hearts to slow and breath to return to our heaving bodies.