Quotes about serenity

Pursue not the outer entanglements Dwell not in the inner void Be serene in the oneness of things And dualism vanishes by itself.

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

Sweet serenity the love and magic of two souls forever intertwined

The best listeners are often those with the quietest heart.

What if making peace with our warring hearts—peace within—is the first step to world peace?

However, what he wanted was impossible: the serenity of the Gods cannot be achieved by the sword.

The attributes of a great lady may still be found in the rule of the four S's: Sincerity, Simplicity, Sympathy and Serenity.

I can't tell whether a revived man would appreciate his second chance or yearn for the stolen serenity.

Perfection: a collection of a variety of pieces that, when viewed and felt individually, are difficult and confusing; but when brought together as one, create a perfect picture. Symphony, harmony, serenity.

There's this small flicker in time when you're looking down the barrel of a gun and instead of your life flashing before your eyes, it’s all the moments you missed out on.

A garden must combine the poetic and the mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy.

The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.

Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity.

My mom taught us the Serenity Prayer at a young age.

The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.

The thing we're all looking for is happiness, and if we achieve just a modicum of that or even a little piece of serenity even for five minutes a day, we're very lucky.

I love the tranquility, serenity, generosity, and the beauty of the ocean.

Do everything with the greatest possible calm and serenity and out of the greatest, purest and holiest love of Jesus and Mary.

One man practicing kindness in the wilderness is worth all the temples this world pulls.

I have just lost my reason for fighting so hard. How do I go on now, without my thing to fight for?' And he whispered into my ear, he said: 'Maybe it's time to stop fighting.

She has a serene, glowing disposition. She looks at you and the rest of the world through the eyes of a lynx and is always mysterious, possibly because she always harbours those hidden laughs just beneath her lips. She’s always ready to laugh.

All of this,' the prophet said, serene, 'all of our activities, Sayid, you must understand this, all of your suffering, it's all part of a greater plan.''You'd be surprised at how little comfort I take from that notion.

When we free ourselves from desire, we will know serenity and freedom.

The calm within the storm is where peace lives and breathes. It is not within perfect circumstances or a charmed life... it is not conditional. Peace is a sacred space within, it is the temple of our internal landscape. We are free to visit it, whenever we seek sanctuary. Underneath the chaos of everyday living, peace is patiently awaiting our discovery... go within.

For most men the world is centered in self, which is misery: to have one's world centered in God is peace.

Serenity comes from the ability to say “Yes” to existence. Courage comes from the ability to say “No” to the wrong choices made by others.

What's law? Control? Law filters chaos and what drips through? Serenity? Law -- our highest ideal and our basest nature. Don't look too closely at the law. Do, and you'll find the rationalized interpretations, the legal casuistry, the precedents of convenience. You'll find the serenity, which is just another word for death.

Into every life both tragedy and triumph can fall, and we must learn to meet both with equal serenity.

A truly brave man is ever serene; he is never taken by surprise; nothing ruffles the equanimity of his spirit. In the heat of battle he remains cool; in the midst of catastrophes he keeps level his mind. Earthquakes do not shake him, he laughs at storms. We admire him as truly great, who, in the menacing presence of danger or death, retains his self-possession; who, for instance, can compose a poem under impending peril or hum a strain in the face of death. Such indulgence betraying no tremor in

The only people I am aware of who don’t have troubles are gathered in peaceful, little neighborhoods. There is never a care, never a moment of stress and never an obstacle to ruin a day. All is calm. All is serene. Most towns have at least one such worry-free zone. We call them cemeteries.

As far as I am concerned sexuality no longer exists. I used to call this indifference serenity: all at once I have come to see it in another light—it is a mutilation; it is the loss of a sense. The lack of it makes me blind to the needs, the pains, and the joys of those who do possess it.

God is able to give you the power to endure that which cannot be changed... Why be anxious? Come what may, God is able.

In the immediate vicinity, there might well be stability and peace. In the garden, a breeze may be swaying the branches of the plum tree and dust may slowly be gathering on the bookshelves in the living room. But we are aware that such serenity does not do justice to the chaotic and violent fundamentals of existence and hence, after a time, it has a a habit of growing worrisome in its own way.

Peace is life. Love is life. No river holds a grudge against a rock in its path. No leaf refuses to blow in the breeze. No plant denies water or sunshine. We, as human beings, have the gift of self-awareness, but this gift quickly turns to self-destruction if we do not learn to use it. We must learn to turn our minds towards the peace and love that we are flowing within at any given moment. This is the key to serenity. This is The Love Mindset.

no-one would want to go through a traumatic experience but when you’ve survived something life-shattering and risen above it, you achieve a kind of serenity.

No power in the 'verse can stop me!

Life is a dash. Pause in the present. Enjoy this moment.

The silence of a mountain has the tranquility and serenity of peace.

She had the hard, half-apathetic expression of one who deems anything possible at the hands of time and chance, except perhaps fair play

I long for the days when I was One with the one who was the only one I could be One with.

when I finally begin to driftinto sleepyour memory is the...firstand the moonlightthe last, to kiss my face.

Embrace the magical gift of serenity in your daily life. Nothing beats patience, humility, honesty and tranquility.

Mother Earth taught me that my angertoward nature was unfounded.And she therefore invited me to open my heart to thispossibility: so too may be my anger toward man.

The best fighter is never angry.

Learn this from me. Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves.

In the end we will realise that we only came to earth to love

We can be knowledgeable with another man's knowledge, but we can't be wise with another man's wisdom.

I love the vastness of the ocean. I love its serenity, tranquility, humility, and purifying power.

It took greater energy to be able to focus when heardthe voice of wisdom in a hustle bustle than in serenity.

And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation "some fact of my life" unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.

Good improvisers seem telepathic; everything looks pre-arranged, This is because they accept all offers made—which is something no ‘normal’ person would do.

What is the secret of your serenity?” a student asked Sophia “Wholehearted cooperation with the inevitable,” she replied.

Everything changes. The leaves, the weather, the colour of your hair, the texture of your skin. The feelings you have today - whether they kill you or enthrall you - won’t be the same tomorrow, so let go. Celebrate. Enjoy. Nothing lasts, except your decision to celebrate everything, everyone, for the beauty that is there within each moment, each smile, each impermanent flicker of infinity.

Be calm. God awaits you at the door.

Life has its rhythm ad we have ours. They’re designed to coexist in harmony, so that when we do what is ours to do and otherwise let life be, we garner acceptance and serenity. (285)

With the persistent loud voice, fool asks us to respect serenity.

All that is important comes in quietness and waiting.

Grant me the wisdom to know when to keep trying and when to stop wasting time, the patience to keep going with the 1st, and the courage & serenity to let go of the 2nd.

Poetry is sane because it floats easily in an infinite sea; reason seeks to cross the infinite sea, and so make it finite. The result is mental exhaustion. To accept everything is an exercise, to understand everything a strain.

You were beautifully and wonderfully created with the skin of diamonds, so if you do break, you are still valuable.

God has given us our own unique paths to follow in life. What's interesting is no one's journey is ever the same.

When deeply religious subjects view sacred iconography or reflect on their notion of God, brain scans reveal hyperactivity in the caudate nucleus, a part of the pleasure system that correlates with feelings of joy, love, and serenity. But Lindstrom and Calvert found that this same brain region lights up when subjects view images associated with strong brands like Ferrari or Apple.

Wisdom comes from reflection.

Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill because they pissed me off!

Peace is present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything we do and see. Every breath we take, every step we take, can be filled with peace, joy, and serenity. The question is whether or not we are in touch with it. We need only to be awake, alive in the present moment.

Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not.

Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.

There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.

We are not going to change the whole world, but we can change ourselves and feel free as birds. We can be serene even in the midst of calamities and, by our serenity, make others more tranquil. Serenity is contagious. If we smile at someone, he or she will smile back. And a smile costs nothing. We should plague everyone with joy. If we are to die in a minute, why not die happily, laughing? (136-137)

Watch any plant or animal and let it teach you acceptance of what is, surrender to the Now.Let it teach you Being.Let it teach you integrity — which means to be one, to be yourself, to be real.Let it teach you how to live and how to die, and how not to make living and dying into a problem.

The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,And all the sweet serenity of books

Also at times, on the surface of streams,Water?bubbles formAnd grow and burstAnd have no meaning at allExcept that they’re water?bubblesGrowing and bursting.

Many were incarcerated with the aberrant prosaic possibilities of ataraxia. Only the mentally sensitive few were cognizant of the nuisance to serenity and an actuality that lacked a balance betwixt havoc and sangfroid. The intellectual capabilities of the excellent idiosyncratic talents of a man with an agog outlook for de minimis fringe entities had left the portal ajar for the enlightened few, to get a glimpse of the obsecure reality that most had decided to claim socratic ignorance to evade i

Acceptance is an important part of serenity. It is not enough, however, simply to accept the things we cannot change. For me, serenity comes from not having any investment in the outcome. If I am genuinely serene, then it will not matter to me whether things change or stay the same. Either way, I choose to be happy.

The peace of the gardens and the kindly lights in the windows poured a tender influence into his restless heart.

Serenity of mind brings joy and happiness in life.

The past few months have been the most serene of his adult life. The megalopolis in his mind has quieted to a country road. He does his work, he eats his bread, and he sleeps with the knowledge that today hasn't added to the sum of human misery. For now at least it's peace of a kind he hadn't imagined himself worthy of receiving.

Close your eyes to feel deeply the tranquility and serenity of the mind.

Peace is the byproduct of understanding in conjunction with the ability to agree or disagree in harmony

If you find yourself engaged in an argument that only stirs anger in the heart, quickly make peace and carry on.

Do not allow outer chaos disturb your inner tranquility, serenity, and peace.

If you stop feeding strife, it will eventually lead to a peaceful life.

If you put a spoonful of saltin a cup of waterit tastes very salty.If you put a spoonful of saltin a lake of fresh waterthe taste is still pure and clear.Peace comes when our hearts areopen like the sky,vast as the ocean.

There comes a time for everybody when words and reasons can become such a great weariness.

The brainless serenity of charwomen and janitors working late at night came over us. In a messy world we were at least making our little corner clean.

My incentive? Making a peaceful spirit second nature. And that is so worth the effort.

Go in the direction of where your peace is coming from.

Love” is only a one syllable word but it’s the most powerful one mankind’s ever heard.

Accept the seasons of your heart, even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields.And you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief.

Every moment is precious and beautiful, filled with love, joy, peace, tranquility, and serenity.

Live in joy, in love,even among those who hate.Live in joy, in health,even among the afflicted.Live in joy, in peace,even among the troubled.Look within, be still.Free from fear and attachment,know the sweet joy of the way.

In your serenity there is a clarity, strength and correctness that is beyond the petty scuffles of the moment — a greater truth. It is the truth of who you are; beautiful, calm, secure, open, willing and safe.

If you have time to chatter,Read books.If you have time to read,Walk into mountain, desert and ocean.If you have time to walk,Sing songs and dance.If you have time to dance,Sit quietly, you happy, lucky idiot.

Fear is the mind-killer.

How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.

Life could have been way easier if we can just use "Please, do not disturb" sign in our social lives!

To taste life, so true and real. Sweet serenity.

He could feel himself gliding down like the sail of a weightless craft, forever plunging into the great beyond below where mermaids sing and summon their lovers home, further down into the depths of some complacent serenity, further down where thoughts float away and never return and the lightness is so grand that there is no other worldly place imaginable, for there is no world left to beconsidered. There is only the soul, free from the prison of the body, and it is released to travelanother mi

The American's literature is all about being hot and sexy, inspiring a girl and going to bed with her. It focuses on being a hero, saving lives and surviving last, but it has nothing to do with dignity, serenity.