Quotes about Tranquility

No wonder there had been some among the hunters who namelessly transported and allured by all this serenity, had ventured to assail it; but had fatally found that quietude but the vesture of tornadoes.

First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.

Augustine of Hippo said, "Let us leave a little room for reflection in our lives, room too for silence. Let us look within ourselves and see whether there is some delightful hidden place inside where we can be free of noise and argument. Let us hear the Word of God in stillness and perhaps we will then come to understand it.

As I chewed on the gooey popcorn, looking out at the lake, calm and turquoise now, I tried to recall a more contented moment

Contentment ... has an internal quietness of heart that gladly submits to God in all circumstances.

A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body; it preserves a constant ease and serenity within us, and more than countervails all the calamities and afflictions which can possibly befall us.

Your sacred space is where you can find yourself over and over again.

Full of hope, you'll relax, confident again; you'll look around, sit back, and take it easy.

The good and the wise lead quiet lives.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

I am in that temper that if I were under water I would scarcely kick to come to the top.