Serenity Quotes

Philosophy as practice does not mean its restriction to utility or applicability, that is, to what serves morality or produces serenity of soul.

I am a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar!

I wouldn't know how to handle serenity if somebody handed it to me on a plate.

Let us accept the invitation, ever-open, from the Stillness, taste its exquisite sweetness, and heed its silent instruction.

If others hurt you, let the injury go. This is your test. If you let it go, you will find serenity.

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

The waters are in motion, but the moon retains its serenity.

There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind.

What I really try to do is photograph people at rest, in a state of serenity.

It is always in the midst, in the epicenter, of your troubles that you find serenity.

And joy is everywhere; it is in the earth's green covering of grass; in the blue serenity of the sky.

If I kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.

The modern artist... is working and expressing an inner world - in other words - expressing the energy, the motion, and other inner forces.

Gardening...demands a certain attitude. It is necessary to accept the dynamism of vegetation with serenity.

Do not try to drive pain away by pretending it is not real. If you seek serenity in oneness, pain will vanish of its own accord.

God, give me grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed.

I believe that painting should come through the avenues of meditation rather than the canals of action.

Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven.

The best fighter is never angry.

When one is able to overcome the romantic and emotional attitude, one discovers truth even in the kitchen sink.

I have learned to like myself for the first time and to have some serenity.

It is the stillness that will save and transform the world.

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

I am one who believes that we are, in fact, engaged in a worldwide war against terrorism. We must have the serenity to accept the fact that war is not going to go away if we ignore it.

Fear is the mind-killer.

We can be serene even in the midst of calamities and, by our serenity, make others more tranquil.

For serenity, always prefer the cottage to the palace!

Endymion, you are my first love, my only love... even if we're reborn, in another life, we'll find each other... and then... We'll fall in love again... - Princess Serenity

Be calm. God awaits you at the door.

Your higher self is always nudging you toward a resolution of the conflicts that you experience in your life, so that you will have room for serenity and harmony.

The first sip [of tea] is joy, the second is gladness, the third is serenity, the fourth is madness, the fifth is ecstasy.

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

Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.

"Serenity" is the flavor of meditation.

Serenity of manners is the zenith of beauty.

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

Maintain a state of balance between physical acts and inner serenity,like a lute whose strings are finely tuned.

Ultimate serenity is the coming to rest of all ways of taking things, the repose of named things; no truth has been taught by a Buddha for anyone, anywhere.

Our very contract with nature has a deep restorative power; contemplation of its magnificence imparts peace and serenity.

And you would accept the seasons of your heart just as you have always accepted that seasons pass over your fields and you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief.

Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.

If you want a real experience of serenity, look for the good. Affirm the good. Acknowledge the good.

What moments divine , what rapture serene.

"What is the secret of your serenity?" Said the master: "Wholehearted cooperation with the inevitable."

What some people interpret as brooding melancholy is serenity. I don't feel required to grasp all the time.

Serenity of spirit and turbulence of action should make up the sum of a man's life.

Within you is the kingdom of serenity that can create all the prosperity you could ever want.

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

It is the nature of physics to hear the loudest of mouths over the most comprehensive ones.

From serenity comes gentleness, comes lasting strength.