Quotes about Tranquility

The quieter the mind," said Meister Eckhart, "the more powerful, the worthier, the deeper, the more telling and more perfect the prayer is.

Our (The Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.

The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company.

Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.

God's finger touched him and he slept.

The child of God has two great characteristics about him: he can be known by his inward warfare, and he can be known by his inward peace.

The calm man, having learned how to govern himself, knows how to adapt himself to others; and they, in turn, reverence his spiritual strength, and feel that they can learn of him and rely upon him. The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good.

When we set our minds on the things of God, we will have direct and immediate access to the peace of God.

My weight loss goal isn't a number on the scale. My real weight loss goal is peace.

Like my evening walk.

And when thou art weary I'll find thee a bed, Of mosses and flowers to pillow thy head.

Softly the breezes from the forest came, Softly they blew aside the taper's flame; Clear was the song from Philomel's far bower; Grateful the incense from the lime-tree flower; Mysterious, wild, the far-heard trumpet's tone; Lovely the moon in ether, all alone: Sweet too, the converse of these happy mortals, As that of busy spirits when the portals Are closing in the west; or that soft humming We hear around when Hesperus is coming. Sweet be their sleep.