Quotes about Serenity

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul

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

Everything you're trying to reach—by taking the long way round—you could have right now, this moment. If you'd only stop thwarting your own attempts. If you'd only let go of the past, entrust the future to Providence, and guide the present toward reverence

If you seek tranquillity, do less.

To accept it without arrogance, to let it go with indifference.

How the mind can participate in the sensations of the body and yet maintain its serenity, and focus on its own well-being.

So there are two reasons to embrace what happens. One is that it's happening to you. It was prescribed for you, and it pertains to you. The thread was spun long ago, by the oldest cause of all.

How to act: Never under compulsion, out of selfishness, without forethought, with misgivings. Don't gussy up your thoughts. No surplus words or unnecessary actions. Let the spirit in you represent a man, an adult, a citizen, a Roman, a ruler. Taking up his post like a soldier and patiently awaiting his recall from life. Needing no oath or witness. Cheerfulness. Without requiring other people's help. Or serenity supplied by others. To stand up straight—not straightened.

The closer a person is to calm, the closer they are to strength.

Love only what befalls thee and is spun for thee by fate. For what can be more befitting for thee?

If you have a garden in your library, nothing will fail

I'm fine, said Pilar, for the moment. And the moment is the only time we can be fine in.