Quotes about Serenity

I love you - I am at rest with you - I have come home.

Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.

In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.

Practicing silence means making a commitment to take a certain amount of time to simply Be. Experiencing silence means periodically withdrawing from the activity of speech. It also means periodically withdrawing from such activities as watching television, listening to the radio, or reading a book. If you never give yourself the opportunity to experience silence, this creates turbulence in your internal dialogue.

The New Testament calls this "the peace that passes understanding," because it goes beyond thinking—no amount of mental churning will get you there.

All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well,

By taking explicit notice of breathing patterns, listening with intention to your heartbeat, or reciting a phrase in your mind, infinite possibilities present themselves.

Who is content simply to be? You too have felt the peace of simply being. Wake up to that, and you will join me in being free.

I came here searching for something, Dad. I didn't find what I'd expected, but I found what I needed: peace. I needed peace.

Don't let your happiness depend on something you may lose.

I lingered round them, under that benign sky; watched the moths fluttering among the heath, and hare-bells; listened to the soft wing breathing through the grass; and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers, for the sleepers in that quiet earth.

Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.