Quotes About Serene

The mind is like the ocean ... no matter what the surface conditions are like, whether it's smooth or choppy ... deep in the ocean it's tranquil and serene. From the depth of the ocean, you can look toward the surface and simply notice the activities there, just as from the depth of the mind you can look upward toward ... all that activity of mind—the thoughts, feelings, sensations, and memories.

I pride myself on being down-to-earth. I'm from the Midwest. People who go into show business are screwed up. I romanticized about having a serene life.

I'm very relaxed. I'm very happy with my personal life.

lay quietly. "Were you planning on leaving us?" he added mildly.

nestled under the trees

the bones of cirrus clouds stand out like ribs against the sky - an angel is stretching...

She wore peacefulness as if it were a blanket she'd decided to wrap around her shoulders.

Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may findThee sitting careless on a granary floor,Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind;Or on a half-reap'd furrow sound asleep,Drows'd with the fume of poppies while thy hookSpares the next swath and all its twined flowers.

Peace is the first thing the angels sang.

This silence was woven of many sounds: of long soft owl calls, of tree frogs' voices, of invisible wings fluttering past a window, and above all the delicate, ceaseless breathing of the woods.

The storm had passed and the whole fen lay bathed in spent sunlight. Every stream and stretch of water among the rushes, which had been whipped and tormented by the storm, lay quiet now, reflecting the piled masses of white and silver clouds that floated like swans on the far deep pools of the sky. Every twig was strung with sparkling crystal drops, and every drop had a rainbow caught in its heart.

I mean, angels are unresponsive. They mind their business — which is as it should be.

The seeker should have faith in himself and in his master. He should have faith that God is ever by his side and that no evil can touch him. As faith springs up in the heart it dries out lust, ill-will, mental sloth, spiritual pride and doubt, and the heart freed from these hindrances becomes serene and untroubled.

The lake and the mountains have become my landscape, my real world.

Goodness is something that makes us serene and content; it is magnificent. Those who are not good are evil.

I'm so grounded, it's sad.

I feel quite grounded, which is great.

The best jujitsu practitioners are really serene and grounded.

He had a face like a blessing.

Heaven is the most angelically dull place in all creation

Only those who know the supremacy of the intellectual life??the life which has a seed of ennobling thought and purpose within??can understand the grief of one who falls from that serene activity into the absorbing soul-wasting struggle with worldly annoyances.

Only those who know the supremacy of the intellectual life—the life which has a seed of ennobling thought and purpose within it—can understand the grief of one who falls from that serene activity into the absorbing soul-wasting struggle with worldly annoyances.

Only those who know the supremacy of intellectual life - the life which has a seed of ennobling thought and purpose within it - can understand the grief of one who falls from that serene activity into the absorbing, soul-wasting struggle with worldly annoyances.

I love really simple colours at home - lots of cream, beige, and grey with rustic wooden tables.