Quotes about Tranquility
Let us sleep by rivers and purify our ears.
- Jack Kerouac
Peace hath her victories, no less renowned than War.
- John Milton
No war or battle sound was heard the world around.
- John Milton
The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.
- James Allen
Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.
- AA Milne
Roaring dreams take place in a perfectly silent mind. Now that we know this, throw the raft away.
- Jack Kerouac
The peace produced by grace is a spiritual stability too deep for violence — it is unshakeable
- Thomas Merton
It is no little wisdom for you to keep yourself in silence and in good peace when evil words are spoken to you, and to turn your heart to God and not to be troubled with the judgment of others.
- Thomas a Kempis
Celestial wisdom calms the mind.
- Samuel Johnson
The great thing about faith in God is that it keeps a man undisturbed in the midst of disturbance.
- Oswald Chambers
Quietude, which some men cannot abide because it reveals their inward poverty, is as a palace of cedar to the wise, for along its hallowed courts the King in his beauty deigns to walk.
- Charles Spurgeon
The circumstances of happiness are not enough, there must also be peace of mind
- Victor Hugo