Quotes About Serenity

the only way to diminish our regrets is by making decisions that lead to peace.

The snake's lack of peace on the outside was because of his own lack of peace on the inside…..Spurgeon goes on to equate this viper o people whose irritation is utterly unreasonable. They don't have peace on the inside, therefore it probably won't be possible for them to live with a consistency of peace on the outside.

When we set our minds on the things of God, we will have direct and immediate access to the peace of God.

Don't set into motion what needs to remain still.

He's into the slower rhythms of life, like abiding, delighting, and dwelling—all words that require us to trust Him with our place and our pace.

My weight loss goal isn't a number on the scale. My real weight loss goal is peace.

Will this choice add to my peace or steal from it? Remember, nothing tastes as good as peace feels.

I want to keep the peace. I want to be gentle, not confrontational.

As you breathe, say to yourself: Breathing in, I am aware of breathing in. Breathing out, I am aware of breathing out.

No one could remain an atheist with larks around, he thought dreamily.

I know what I wish. I wish some Day that I might live by a River — one that is strong of current & silent; & above it, in the Pines, the Hawks shall call; & I shall live there in a small House of one Room & play the Violin, & Someone Else shall play the Harpsichord, & we will be far from all Human Habitation. We shall walk by the Banks of that River, & listen to the Buzzing of the Rushes, & that alone shall be our Company.

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Cuando limpiamos, lo hacemos para estar en paz con el dolor, en paz con el cáncer.

All uncleanness seems washed clean in its lonely stretches ; the life-giving sun and ardent air must still bring singular joy, the eager morning breeze, the opalescent distance, the plaintive evening sky all will continue to tell an exquisite if inarticulate story. That Tripoli will remain, whatever the Powers may decree.

Silêncio. Um centro negro e tranquilo absorvendo o caos para a sua quietude

Maybe her gods are kinder than ours, and she will find rest

The ocean floor was sandy and soft as pillows. I settled into it and slept.

He looked different in sleep, beautiful but cold as moonlight.

I had known contentment before, brief snatches of time in which I pursued solitary pleasure: skipping stones or dicing or dreaming. But in truth, it had been less a presence than an absence, a laying aside of dread:

My fears forgotten in the golden harbour of his arms.

Everything was united by the steady rise and fall of nature's breath. Everything except for me.

It was as if we found the still heart of the universe. Nothing moved except for us.

Her calmness enraged me.

She seemed to fit into the air like a jewel in its crown.