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50 Quotes About Serenity And Peacefulness

List Of 50 Quotes About Serenity And Peacefulness:

#1 Elaine Stritch

”My idea of serenity – that wonderful word that everybody’s trying to get into their life – is call-waiting.”

#2 Alexis Knapp

”I used to find that I could get mental serenity surrounded by chaos.”

#3 Ann Jillian

”I wish everybody finds the serenity that good, strong faith brings.”

#4 Reinhold Niebuhr

”The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.”

#5 John F. Kennedy

”Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”

#6 Jeff Kober

”To become mindfully aware of our surroundings is to bring our thinking back to our present moment reality and to the possibility of some semblance of serenity in the face of circumstances outside our ability to control.”

#7 Luis Alberto Urrea

”I don’t like being angry all the time; it’s not good for me. I have to have serenity or else go to war.”

#8 Isaac Barrow

”Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth.”

#9 John Donne

”Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven.”

#10 Buddha

”Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.”

#11 Grenville Kleiser

”Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.”

#12 Sylvia Kristel

”The only thing I was trying to portray was serenity. Also, innocence, vulnerability and elegance.”

#13 Carlos Wallace

“My incentive? Making a peaceful spirit second nature. And that is so worth the effort.”

#14 Julieanne O’Connor

“Surrender is Serenity & a Bridge to Bliss.”

#15 Ronald Reagan

”Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.”

#16 Mimi Novic

“To find peace in any moment all we need to do is respect our own soul”

#17 Anthony T.Hincks

“The serenity of the sea is only matched by her salty kiss.”

#18 Ahmed Mostafa

“I can’t tell whether a revived man would appreciate his second chance or yearn for the stolen serenity.”

#19 Lorraine Nilon

“Serenity is not the conclusion of a soul journey, it is the acceptance of being on a soul journey.”

#20 Elle Macpherson

”But I do know focusing on the exterior doesn’t make me happy. If I want peace and serenity, it won’t be reached by getting thinner or fatter.”

#21 Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Calmness has the power to leave dirty water as clean water on top of dirt.”

#22 Debasish Mridha

“When you create inner calmness, you will find outer serenity.”

#23 Toba Beta

“It took greater energy to be able to focus when heard the voice of wisdom in a hustle bustle than in serenity.”

#24 Christopher Pike

“There comes a time for everybody when words and reasons can become such a great weariness.”

#25 Mel Gibson

”The thing we’re all looking for is happiness, and if we achieve just a modicum of that or even a little piece of serenity even for five minutes a day, we’re very lucky.”

#26 Richard Diaz

“If you lose your temper, you lose!”

#27 Johnny Miller

”Serenity is knowing that your worst shot is still pretty good.”

#28 Henri Matisse

”What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter – a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.”

#29 Andre Gide

”The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.”

#30 Dalai Lama

”World peace begins with inner peace.”

#31 Thomas Szasz

”Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.”

#32 Luis Barragan

”I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery, and mystery.”

#33 Norman Davies

”Serenity is the balance between good and bad, life and death, horrors and pleasures. Life is, as it were, defined by death. If there wasn’t the death of things, then there wouldn’t be any life to celebrate.”

#34 T.F. Hodge

“Solitude is the house of peace.”

#35 Martin Luther King Jr.

“Please be peaceful. We believe in law and order. We are not advocating violence, I want you to love your enemies… for what we are doing is right, what we are doing is just — and God is with us.”

#36 Alain Badiou

”There is a kind of serenity in love which is almost a paradise.”

#37 Luis Barragan

”A garden must combine the poetic and the mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy.”

#38 Jawaharlal Nehru

”Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.”

#39 C. JoyBell C.

“Go in the direction of where your peace is coming from.”

#40 Mahatma Gandhi

“Nothing is so aggravating as calmness.”

#41 Reinhold Niebuhr

”God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”

#42 Victoria Moran

“Life has its rhythm ad we have ours. They’re designed to coexist in harmony, so that when we do what is ours to do and otherwise let life be, we garner acceptance and serenity. (285)”

#43 Seng-t’san

“Pursue not the outer entanglements; Dwell not in the inner void; Be serene in the oneness of things; and dualism vanishes by itself.”

#44 Gabriel García Márquez

“Be calm. God awaits you at the door.”

#45 Thich Nhat Hanh

”Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy, and serenity.”

#46 Jane Austen

“I will be calm. I will be mistress of myself.”

#47 Roy T. Bennett

“When you do the right thing, you get the feeling of peace and serenity associated with it. Do it again and again.”

#48 G.K. Chesterton

“There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.”

#49 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, and all the sweet serenity of books.”

#50 Lao Tzu

“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”