Quotes About Serenity

The word "buddha" means one who is awake.

We were enveloped in that state of grace where one melds with the flow of Nature. Having once tasted it, one craves that state like water.

I am tired of pursuing happiness. I want to breathe it in as ubiquitous as air.

After a while, maybe hours, perhaps a few days, she fond herself talking to the hare. At first just comments on how bright the day was, the beauty of cherry blossom, the touch of the wind.

When I go down by the sandy shore I can think of nothing I want more Than to live by the booming sea As the seagulls flutter round about me I can run about--when the tide is out With the wind and the sand and the sea all about And the seagulls are swirling and diving for fish Oh-to live by the sea is my only wish.

a gorgeous end-of-summer-just-starting-to-be-fall day. The trees swayed in the breeze. The sky was the color of cornflowers

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

And it occurred to her that she was so used to turning over everything in her mind, as if each thought were an intricate shell found at the beach, that she had never truly known the value of simply accepting things as they were.

I could no longer afford to be jealous or unfriendly, because, as soon as I was, a bandage came down over my eyes, and I was bound hand and foot and cast aside. All at once a black hole opened, and I was helpless inside it. But when I was happy and serene, approached people with confidence and thought well of them, I was rewarded with light.

Time works for those who place themselves beyond time.

Whenever you feel the urge' go and lie down' somewhere nice and warm' and take a nap. But mind you don't just fall asleep anywhere when you're in a weak state. If you've found a good spot where you feel relaxed' it's because you're protected there. Try and stick to it. That's very important.

Music is a medicine for many... Silence is a poison for some...

By consciously getting your body into a certain posture, you can also elevate your consciousness, you can change the very way you feel, think, understand, and experience life simply by sitting in a particular way.

True human capabilities will not find expression in competition. True human capabilities will find expression only in absolute relaxation. Your mind, your body will work best, will find fullest expression, only when you are joyful and peaceful, and quiet within yourself.

There is a certain space within you which never gets disturbed, which is never in any kind of turmoil; a space which cannot be touched by outside situations.

If you manage a situation, not just things happening there, people should feel elevated just being in that space. Above all, you must feel wonderful being there.

le gustaba hacerlo despacio, tranquilo, consciente de que la velocidad correcta y el ritmo apropiado eran elementos cruciales para el arte y la felicidad:

Se mecen los árboles bajo la lluvia tan armoniosamente que le dan a uno ganas de ser árbol.

the disquieting hour before dawn when it feels as if no one else is alive.

When I looked at them, they made up a sea.

It has occurred to me that the thing you have, that all men have enough of, is perhaps the thing that you care for the best, and that is your leisure - the leisure you have to think; the leisure you have to be let alone; the leisure you have to throw the plummet into your mind, and sound the depth and dive for things below.

Be calm.  Do your breathing exercises.  You'll never be able to rule the universe if you can't control your own heartbeat.

and gentle happy and peaceful, tasting the mean goodness of their living like the last of their suppers in their mouths.

No clamor, only the thick quietude of crumpled talk.