Quotes About Serenity

Nothing is burdensome if taken lightly, and how nothing need arouse one's irritation so long as one doesn't make it bigger than it is by getting irritated.

Nowhere can a man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

Be content with what you are, and wish not change nor dread your last day, nor long for it.

"Let your occupations be few," says the sage,"if you would lead a tranquil life."

By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered.

Patience is the greatest of all virtues.

Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

The very secret of life for me, I believed, was to maintain in the midst of rushing events an inner tranquility.

She is one of those people who have found serenity because they have never tried to dodge suffering.

There was nothing but a lonely magnificence of sea and islands

It is his vegetable ambition never to stir.

I accept the universe.

The lilacs grew with no care given them, and in the early summer they hung like bunches of mild mauve grapes from branches with leaves like dark green hearts, and the scent of them was so bold and sweet you could smell nothing else, a seasonal mercy.

Alone all day, Juniper would remember the animals and places he loved, and hold them in his own heart before the great Heart that made them. He was learning to find quietness inside himself. He was learning to pray.

I want peace. I want to see if somewhere there isn't something left in life of charm and grace.

Nemoj ništa govoriti,

I would have run away Into the forest To live in a nest Made of dreams And green leaves

I enjoy peaceful moments when the whole world seems to be flowing river of verse and all I have to do is learn how to swim.

I freed myself in order to be alone. For me freedom means solitude, a solitude full of walks in the country, solitary strolls through unfamiliar cities, books scattered around my bed at night, lying open at random pages.

My father told me that a person should always put his heart in order before falling asleep. Then he will be unencumbered by fear.

Passion such as hers is all consent, asking little in return. I had merely to enter a room where she was to see her face take on that peaceful expression of one who is resting in bed. If I touched her, I had the impression that all the blood in her veins was turning to honey.

Our happiest and serenest times are now over. My peace and calm are gone, for now I will only ever be able to worry about Sasha.

Quiet. My body melted heavily into the chair; I heard a cart go up the street. The room grew suddenly big with meaning. Something was about to happen, was happening: each object in the room seemed perfect of its kind, its kind being just its one self. The moment split into Eternity and I went with it: I had neither skin nor bones, but flowed into the world, sacred along with everything else, and was lost.

Peace is when time doesn't matter as it passes by.