Quotes about Tranquility
The two divinest things the world has got— A lovely woman and a rural spot.
— John Keats
Please don't spoil my day; I'm miles away and, after all, I'm only sleeping.
— John Lennon
Turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream.
— John Lennon
Doing fine. Watching shadows on the wall.
— John Lennon
Sweet shall be your rest if your heart does not reproach you.
— Thomas a Kempis
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday
— Winnie the Pooh
Solitude sometimes is the best society.
— John Milton
For solitude sometimes is best society and short retirement urges sweet return.
— John Milton
Oh, how the strife and trouble of daily life receded from my view, and lessened in the distance... What voices spoke from out the thundering water; what faces, faded from the earth, looked out upon me from its gleaming depths; what Heavenly promise glistened in those angels' tears, the drops of many hues, that showered around, and twined themselves about the gorgeous arches which the changing rainbows made!
— Charles Dickens
If we have not quiet in our own minds, outward comforts will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.
— John Bunyan
There is no way to peace; peace is the way. There is no way to happiness; happiness is the way. If you are determined, you can do it with your breathing.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
CALMNESS of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control.
— James Allen