Quotes about Serenity

It is better to live on the housetop than live in a house full of confusion' well, not a quote off of a book, but still my favourite.

Virgil is serene and lovely like a marble Apollo in the moonlight; Homer is a beautiful, animated youth in the full sunlight with the wind in his hair.

Once, while we were out on the water, the sun went down over the rim of the earth, and threw a soft, rosy light over the White City.

I have all the time in the world. I am in touch with the timeless. I am surrounded by infinity. When I think like that, it doesn't mean I'm going to miss my train, it just means that I'm not thinking about it right now because I'm speaking to you.

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.

A person is said to be patient…because he acts in a praiseworthy manner by enduring things which hurt him here and now and is not unduly saddened by them.

When filled with holy truth the mind rests.

Pain is not love. Love flowers; love gives without taking; love is serene and calm.

a person who finds silence and solitude boring is a person who is himself boring, empty of anything worth consideration.

Let go of your right to take offense at all that ever threatened you and all that threatens you still. Release the fear your understanding shows you in this storm. Turn even the other cheek.

There are no longer any problems to solve. If there are no longer any problems to solve, there's no longer any need for correction. If there's no need for correction, then there's no need for law. Live in the grace of that which is now perfect, as it is. Be perfect, don't try to become perfect. You already are, you just don't know it yet. Be still and know.

Your friendship has been like the refreshing shade of a vast tree in the noonday heat.