Quotes About Serenity

Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing upset you. Everything changes. God alone is unchanging. With patience all things are possible. Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone is enough.

There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling.

I went to the bedroom and lay on the floor, so as not to mess up the covers.

I was patience defined, patience misspelled, patience sounded out slowly, letter by letter, with the t pronounced "shh.

At its best, my system gives me a smoother living experience. My days become dreamlike, no edges anywhere, none of the snags and snafus that life is so famous for. After days and days alone it gets silky to the point where I can't even feel myself anymore, it's as if I don't exist.

Tout est question d'équilibre (Everything is a matter of balance):

Tout est question d'équilibre

The ideal man is a man of peace.

Krotiteljica zvjeradi u crvenoj galoniranoj husarskoj atili gladila je debelu pospanu zmijurinu pod crvenkastom ispruganom platnenom perinom i ?ula se kiša kako klizi po zelenkastom jedru menažerije a negdje je pjevao jedan limeni žlijeb.

I mjese?ina može biti pogled na svijet.

kako je dobro i mudro ne misliti ni o ?emu i mirno udisati taj vlažni šumski sumrak. Sve ostaje na tome: zaviti tijelo što dublje u te sumrake i ta svitanja. Osje?ati oko sebe klokot vrela i miris raslinja i tako ne misliti ništa. Disati.

Spavati da nam je. Zaspati. Mirno i kona?no. Nestati.

I soon realized that what I really wanted was time to ruminate, time to observe, and often time to be alone.

In a feverish world she is like a cool drink.

Perhaps that had been the secret of Miss Davis's strength, she thought suddenly. She went at her own pace, and had time to relish all the lovely natural things in Springbourne and thereabouts. And when the occasion arose, that happiness, fed by inner serenity, could succor the weak and give, as Susan could so poignantly recall, strength and heart to those who needed it.

You have peace," the old woman said, "when you make it with yourself.

Within my tiny world, I protected my tiny happiness." – Yona

The sun, a red wheel, was sinking slowly in the west. Besides being spectacularly beautiful, the early-summer sunset was exceedingly soft and gentle: black mulberry leaves turned as red as roses; pristine white acacia petals shed an enshrouding pale-green aura. Mild evening breezes made both the mulberry leaves and the acacia petals dance and whirl, filling the woods with a soft rustle.

We're already too late, so there's no need to go any faster.

Moon, you've accompanied me in my labors all these years, you're a lantern sent to me by the Old Man in the Sky. I've tilled the soil by your light, I've sown seeds by your light, and I've brought in harvests by your light… You say nothing, you are never angry or resentful, and I'm forever in your debt.' The moon trembled slightly and winked at Lan Lian.

Flowers feed the soul.

La mer qui, avec sa clémence, demeure seule capable de nous faire voir clair dans nos propres sentiments. Sans lever les yeux sur ce qui se passe au dehors, j'écoute le chuchotement de plus en plus rapproché, haletant, de ses vagues. Entre ce passé et ma vie actuelle, j'avais la certitude que plus un lien ne subsistait, que tous les fils étaient rompus, et je n'éprouvais aucun désir de voir ressusciter ce qui avait sombré dans l'oubli.

There is no 'way to peace,' there is only 'peace.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi