logo

Quotes About Peaceful

I've been surprised at how calm and orderly everything is in Zimbabwe; visitor numbers were clearly down, but Harare was neat and peaceful. It certainly didn't look like a disaster zone. The hotels all seemed to be operating efficiently
~ Tony Wheeler
Nothing can be as peaceful and endless as a long winter darkness, going on and on, like living in a tunnel where the dark sometimes deepens into night and sometimes eases to twilight, you're screened from everything, protected, even more alone than usual.
~ Tove Jansson
Det er snølyset," sa hun. "Alt blir pent i snølys.
~ Tove Jansson
Mari was hardly listening. A daring thought was taking shape in her mind. She began to anticipate a solitude of her own, peaceful and full of possibility. She felt something close to exhilaration, of a kind that people can permit themselves when they are blessed with love.
~ Tove Jansson
A tranquil circle of grass surrounded it, strangely peaceful in the chaotic bustle of the market.
~ Tui T. Sutherland
Buddhism is centered on the principle of two truths, the absolute truth and the relative truth. The absolute is that the true nature of our minds and of the universe is enlightened, peaceful, and perfect. By the true nature of the mind, Nyingma Buddhism means the union of awareness and openness.
~ Tulku Thondup
Leigh stands there, not so much a figure to scare crows as to beckon doves.
~ Unknown
He was serene, fulfilled, the real thing, the person no one wants to hear about, a happy man.
~ Paul Theroux
peaceful and salubrious El Paso
~ Paul Theroux
for the space and spontaneity of a convenient and roomy country
~ Paul Theroux
Yet the days I spent in Mazatlán were peaceful, strolling on the malecón—thirteen miles of seafront promenade
~ Paul Theroux
She smiled over a heap of flowered summery lawn she had in her lap and threaded her needle again with pink silk.
~ Pearl S. Buck
THE GARDEN WAS QUIET. Beyond its walls no echo of footsteps could be heard above the soft incessant splash of the waterfall. The silence was planned, as everything in the garden was planned, though all seemed nature itself.
~ Pearl S. Buck
Meditation is a totally nonviolent, nonaggressive occupation.
~ Pema Chodron
A real jiu-jitsu fighter does not go around beating people down. Our defense is made to neutralize aggression.
~ Helio Gracie
Art never seems to make me peaceful or pure. I always seem to be wrapped in the melodrama of vulgarity. I do not think... of art as a situation of comfort.
~ Willem de Kooning
It was a beautiful day.
~ Danielle Steel
I rested my head deeper into the terrycloth and closed my eyes. Only on sand like this did I ever feel like I could sleep forever, did I feel that sleep could be a destination. The comfort was limitless and I knew I was mouthing the words Fantastic, so good, fantastic , so good but couldn't help it.
~ Dave Eggers
I'm too blessed to be stressed.
~ Unknown
In his trip to Bethlehem Mark Twain had reported that all sects of Christians, except Protestants, had chapels under the roof of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. However, he also observed that one group dared not trespass on the other's territory, proving beyond doubt, he noted, that even the grave of the Savior couldn't inspire peaceful worship among different beliefs.
~ David Baldacci
sheen on the water's surface that could be
~ David Baldacci
the laundry, and took, in amicable
~ David Baldacci
Imperturbable as Bombadil
~ David Brin
I like the fans' sound at night. Do you? It's like somebody big far away goes like: it'sOKit'sOKit'sOKit'sOK, over and over. From very far away.
~ David Foster Wallace