He that resigns his peace to little casualties, and suffers the course of his life to be interrupted for fortuitous inadvertencies or… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Not many years ago, it was access to information and movement that seemed our greatest luxury; nowadays it’s often freedom from information,… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
I think it is very important to know that we are going to die. Now we refuse the fact of dying. There… — Christian Boltanski Copy Share Image
“He soon decided that almost any fact could be accepted calmly after it had already happened. Men would be just as calm… — Walter M. Miller Jr Copy Share Image
I started running around my 30th birthday. I wanted to lose weight; I didn't anticipate the serenity. Being in motion, suddenly my… — Michael Weatherly Copy Share Image
Perfection: a collection of a variety of pieces that, when viewed and felt individually, are difficult and confusing; but when brought together… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Don’t even give me that guilty look, Serenity,” she says, crossing her arms. “I know exactly what you two got up to… — Bella Jewel Copy Share Image
“Silence is far more than just the absence of noise and stimuli. It is full and rich, pulsing with possibilities for renewal… — Bruce Adler Copy Share Image
There comes a stage in your journey where you see the world in a light that others fail to see. Find that… — Jasmina Siderovski Copy Share Image
“The world can spare psychopathic masterminds of fear, pushing the panic button all along. Instead, let us look at the unfettering light… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“The strange sympathy which sometimes exists between two human bodies, so that a touch will stir many secret and perilous emotions, closed… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm all over the place, up and down, scattered, withdrawing, trying to find some elusive sense of serenity." The world can't give… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Nothing less than the majesty of God, and the powers of the world to come, can maintain the peace and sanctity of… — James Martineau Copy Share Image
In the scriptures, 'peace' means either freedom from strife, contention, conflict, or war, or an inner calm and comfort born of the… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
“Thy Soothe is Enough No loom tonight, Your petals are glamour enough No tears tonight, Your Warmth and Bliss is enough No… — Reynaldo Casison Copy Share Image
I could hear rain still pouring from the gutters and a thin branch scraping against one of the windows; but the church… — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
There is a stillness in all of us that is really the essence of who we are. A stillness and a silence… — Roger Housden Copy Share Image
“is the very lack of obvious drama or spectacle that sets the beauty of our land apart. What is pertinent is the… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
Power is so characteristically calm that calmness in itself has the aspect of power, and forbearance implies strength. The orator who is… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
It would be of great use to us to form our deliberate judgments of persons and things in the calmest and serenest… — Isaac Watts Copy Share Image
“Resisting life's predictable challenges and cultivating inner stillness and peace of mind means good management of our internal world amid external chaos.… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
In seeking true peace some of us need to improve what has to be improved, confess what needs to be confessed, forgive… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
Joy is everywhere; it is in the earth's green covering of grass: in the blue serenity of the sky: in the reckless… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
“Words can strengthen the weak, words can rejuvenate the meek - words can breathe life into the dead, words can unite the… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Wherever you go in the midst of movement and activity, carry your stillness with you. Then the chaotic movement around you will… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“The warm stillness within the room was broken only by the rustling of sheets, and soft, urgent murmurs. Then the silence gave… — Stephanie Laurens Copy Share Image
“His gaze, blunted by the unnumbered procession of iron bars, uncounted as his softly padded steps. Smooth motion of blood and sinew… — Rilke Rainer Maria Copy Share Image
“Experiencing what we did with Lucifer taught me so much. Things I will take with me forever, even when my human life… — Melyssa Winchester Copy Share Image
As the skies appear to a man, so is his mind. Some see only clouds there; some, prodigies and portents; some rarely… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The only real difference between shooting 'Firefly' and 'Serenity' was that on 'Serenity,' we had a lot more freedom with time. When… — Jewel Staite Copy Share Image
“Only for those prepared to leave their familiar life behind, will life emerge in a new gown of continually expanding beauty and… — Hilma af Klint Copy Share Image
I've always liked Southeast Asia a lot. It's a wonderful place, an easy place. People are great, there's a lot of history… — Matt Dillon Copy Share Image
The Brightwood Stillness is a novel I could not put down. On the surface, it is the lives of normal people in… — Andrew X. Pham Copy Share Image
“If the stillness is Volcanic In the human face When upon a pain Titanic Features keep their place- If at length the… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
One wonders that there can be found a man courageous enough to occupy the post. It is a matter of meditation. Having… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Art is my 'solo career' if you like. Musically, as a bass player, I depend on other musicians to play, whereas, with… — Horace Panter Copy Share Image
“The turbulent billows of the fretful surface leave the deep parts of the ocean undisturbed; and to him who has a hold… — William James Copy Share Image
We run around so much - with the best intentions: I want to save the rain forest. I've gotta clean up the… — Ed Begley, Jr Copy Share Image
“God, grant me the serenity to be an awesome mom for my gender-nonconforming child and the courage not to send him to… — Lori Duron Copy Share Image
“The reverence accorded to the composer’s score suggests that it is a sacred object, which is not to be tampered with, whose… — Christopher Small Copy Share Image
