Quotes About Peaceful

That was another way in which Monterey was agreeable—no one pried, no one asked unpleasant questions. Perhaps the reason for that was that there were few churches, and most of those Catholic.

He had one foot on the floor, one foot hanging over the armrest, and Carl was sleeping on his chest. It was endearing

The case for socialism is always made based on an ideal and a promise. The ideal is that humans can lovingly coexist in a sharing and peaceful way. The promise is that this time, unlike failed attempts elsewhere, socialism will be implemented properly, and no citizen will suffer as a result.

There is no parallel in the history of the world. This mighty subcontinent with all kinds of inhabitants has been brought under a plan which is titanic, unknown, unparalleled. And what is very important with regard to it is that we have achieved it peacefully and by means of an evolution of the greatest possible character.

Profit at any cost is one extreme of the spectrum. On the other extreme is unselfish submission for the social good or, more accurately, charity. Somewhere in the middle is peaceful, and much required, coexistence.

I loved my parents. There were never any rows. It was a sort of artistic, bohemian upbringing.

No, nothing really upsets me.

Upstate New York in the middle of October. You can't get more beautiful than that.

I'm not an urban person.

All my work is much more peaceful than I am.

The resort to force is a two-edged weapon which has a persistent habit of recoiling on the user and which in the last analysis seldom achieves anything that could not be obtained by reason and peaceful means.

I live just above a creek, and it's always very active. It almost sounds like the ocean. It's constant, and there's lots of big rocks in it, so it's got a great sound. It's one of my favorite things.

The ocean is very comfortable. I could never live inland.

It is pure unadulterated country life. They get up early because they have so much to do, and go to bed early, because they have so little to think about.

It was one of those still evenings you get in the summer, when you can hear a snail clear its throat a mile away.

It was one of those jolly, peaceful mornings that make a chappie wish he'd got a soul or something

I always feel that nothing is so soothing as a walk in a garden at night. Ha! The cool air. The scent of growing things. That is tobacco plant which you can smell, sir. Is it? The stars, sir. Stars? Yes, sir. What about them? I was merely directing your attention to them, sir. Look how the floor of heaven is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold. Theres not the smallest orb which thou beholdest, sir, but in his motion like an angel sings, still quiring to the young-eyed cherubims.

Indeed, there is always something very restful about a duck. Whatever earthquakes and upheavals may be afflicting the general public, it stands aloof from them and just goes on being a duck.

Nature also rushes in to fill the vacant mind. With what? Usually with emotions. Why? Because emotions of worry, fear, hate, jealousy, and envy are driven by primeval vigor and the dynamic energy of the jungle. Such emotions are so violent that they tend to drive out of our minds all peaceful, happy thoughts and emotions.

Life was never meant to be a struggle, just a gentle progression from one point to another, much like walking through a valley on a sunny day. — Stuart Wilde

It suddenly occurred to Baedecker that small towns in America were saner than cities because they were allowed to sleep.

When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.

I'm a quiet person, and I live a quiet, pleasant, ordinary, simple life.

But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave.