Quotes about Serenity

I have a dining room done in different shades of white, with white cushions embroidered in yellow silk: the effect is absolutely delightful and the room beautiful.

Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.

My heart is at ease knowing that what was meant for me will never miss me, and that what misses me was never meant for me.

Taoist philosophy, "Rest is prior to motion and stillness prior to action.

the world can give you these glimpses as well as fairy tales can--the smell of rain, the dazzle of sun on white clapboard with the shadows of ferns and wash on the line, the wildness of a winter storm when in the house the flame of a candle doesn't even flicker.

Peace belongs only to those who will to have it.

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.

In the scriptures, 'peace' means either freedom from strife, contention, conflict, or war, or an inner calm and comfort born of the Spirit that is a gift of God to all of his children, an assurance and serenity within a person's heart.

It is in your power to withdraw yourself whenever you desire. Perfect tranquility within consists in the good ordering of the mind, the realm of your own.

That all is as thinking makes it so — and you control your thinking. So remove your judgements whenever you wish and then there is calm - as the sailor rounding the cape finds smooth water and the welcome of a waveless bay.

To be free of passion and yet full of love.

To love only what happens, what was destined. No greater harmony.