Quotes about Tranquility

First, I say that he draws near to those who make peace with him. For God is the One who brings about peace; and where else should peace dwell than in peace?

to make peace either in oneself or among others, shows a man to be a follower of God,

Turn on its noiseless hinges, delicate sleep!

I want to think quietly, calmly, spaciously, never to be interrupted, never to have to rise from my chair, to slip easily from one thing to another, without any sense of hostility, or obstacle. I want to sink deeper and deeper, away from the surface, with its hard separate facts.

To walk alone in London is the greatest rest.

I can't imagine anything nicer than to sit out in the moonlight and listen to music—

The grey nurse resumed her knitting as Peter Walsh, on the hot seat beside her, began snoring. In her grey dress, moving her hands indefatigably yet quietly, she seemed like the champion of the rights of sleepers, like one of those spectral presences which rise in twilight in woods made of sky and branches.

The calmest part of the storm is not in its eye, but in your own soul.

Contentment doth not appear only now and then, as some stars which are seen but seldom; it is a settled temper of heart.

In a group when the conversation takes a trend that is upsetting, try injecting peaceful ideas into the talk.

They are not easily irritated or annoyed. Some people seem to be able to rise above their irritations and they are fun to be with because they are poised and even-tempered. They seem to live on an upper level emotionally and are not easily riled up. They keep in a good humor and spirit.

The sky was pure opal now.