Quotes About Serenity

Joy comes and fills the self-emptied heart; it abides with the peaceful; its reign is with the pure.

Calmness is power.

A man becomes calm in the measure that he understands himself as a thought-evolved being. For such knowledge necessitates the understanding of others as the result of thought, and as he develops a right understanding, and sees ever more clearly the internal relations of things by the action of cause and effect, he ceases to fuss, fume, worry, and grieve. He remains poised, steadfast, serene.

Control is never achieved when sought after directly; it is the surprising result of letting go.

They breathed. They felt their lungs fill the sky, and they let the dark clouds inside them flow out. Then they connected to the earth.

She had done as much as possible to create a stable, gloriously dull life for herself

I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery.

Any work of architecture that does not express serenity is a mistake.

A garden must combine the poetic and he mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy.

El bar es para mí un lugar de meditación y recogimiento, sin el cual la vida es inconcebible.

If time stood still, and we could choose the time, the best time, then love without pain would be all I know.

In silence lies safety.

As your Zen says, go with the flow, even if the flow is meaningless.

Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.

E tranquilidade era aquilo, aquela quietude sob a qual a vida palpitava

Se eu ficar assim imóvel, respirando leve, sem ódio, sem amor, se eu ficar assim um instante, sem pensamento, sem corpo…

Papai, papai!", chamou baixinho. Mas só o cipreste pareceu ter ouvido o apelo: fez um meneio sob o vento e em seguida curvou-se como um velho galhofeiro numa reverência.

Patience is passion tamed.

We cannot get happiness by striving after it, and yet with an effort we can impart it.

reprieve of roses!

You know what I wish? I wish I could put time in a bottle and throw it into the ocean. Then I would have forever to spend with you. I wouldn't need air to breathe or food to eat. Holding you in my arms would be all the food I would need. Having your love would be the only air I would need to breathe.

Sometimes, silence is what you need to let love find you.

She was sitting in a garden more beautiful than even her rampaging imagination could ever have conjured up, and she was being serenaded by trees.

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