Quotes about Serenity

If you seek tranquillity, do less.

To accept it without arrogance, to let it go with indifference.

How the mind can participate in the sensations of the body and yet maintain its serenity, and focus on its own well-being.

So there are two reasons to embrace what happens. One is that it's happening to you. It was prescribed for you, and it pertains to you. The thread was spun long ago, by the oldest cause of all.

How to act: Never under compulsion, out of selfishness, without forethought, with misgivings. Don't gussy up your thoughts. No surplus words or unnecessary actions. Let the spirit in you represent a man, an adult, a citizen, a Roman, a ruler. Taking up his post like a soldier and patiently awaiting his recall from life. Needing no oath or witness. Cheerfulness. Without requiring other people's help. Or serenity supplied by others. To stand up straight—not straightened.

The closer a person is to calm, the closer they are to strength.

Love only what befalls thee and is spun for thee by fate. For what can be more befitting for thee?

If you have a garden in your library, nothing will fail

I'm fine, said Pilar, for the moment. And the moment is the only time we can be fine in.

The truly thankful person is a truly peaceful person.

Alone time is when I distance myself from the voices of the world so I can hear my own.

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and God.