“There was every reason to feel natural joy in the world, but for the one that makes it accessible. When your spirit… — Niall Williams Copy Share Image
Most people think of peace as a state of Nothing Bad Happening, or Nothing Much Happening. Yet if peace is to overtake… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
But on average, I go to the gym about four or five times a week. Today, I'm so experienced in training -… — Jean-Claude Van Damme Copy Share Image
The calm man is not the man who is dull. You must not mistake Sattva for dullness or laziness. The calm man… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“- 'Poise is perfect balance, an equanimity of body and mind, complete composure whatever the social scene. Elegant dress, immaculate grooming, and… — Muriel Spark Copy Share Image
“The source of stillness is in emptiness. All things and the changes they go through are but temporary conditions, which finally return… — Chen Kaiguo Copy Share Image
“I'm supposed to a man who never blows his composure A boy trapped in a war, forced to be a solider The… — Tommy Tran Copy Share Image
“It has been said that poise is our highest state of consciousness. It reflects your presence, composure, balance, gratitude, discretion, and self-respect.… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
I have made a great discovery. I no longer believe in anything. Objects don't exist for me except in so far as… — Georges Braque Copy Share Image
When winds are raging o'er the upper ocean And billows wild contend with angry roar, 'Tis said, far down beneath the wild… — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
The place of stillness that you have to go to to write, but also to read seriously, is the point where you… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“The happiness which comes from long practice, which leads to the end of suffering, which at first is like poison, but at… — Ved Vyasa Copy Share Image
Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“we are simply inviting ourselves to interface with this moment in full awareness, with the intention to embody as best we can… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Whenever conscience speaks with a divided, uncertain, and disputed voice, it is not the voice of God. Descend still deeper into yourself,… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Now an extraordinary and helpful fact is that by making Mind the object of our attention, not only does the serenity which… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
Serenity is the balance between good and bad, life and death, horrors and pleasures. Life is, as it were, defined by death.… — Norman Davies Copy Share Image
When we walk like (we are rushing), we print anxiety and sorrow on the earth. We have to walk in a way… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“. I was feeling like an old puzzle that someone put away, the kind that’s missing pieces so it never gets looked… — Melyssa Winchester Copy Share Image
Acceptance is supposed to be a good thing - Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. Also compromise,… — A.S.A. Harrison Copy Share Image
The emptiness I speak about is not the emptiness the mind imagines. It is not blank. Your body can continue expressing in… — Mooji Copy Share Image
I believe I know the only cure, which is to make one’s center of life inside of one’s self, not selfishly or… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
Happiness is the main object of our aspirations, whatever name we give to it: fulfilment, deep satisfaction, serenity, accomplishment, wisdom, fortune, joy… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
“Contentment maintains control over the spirit and does not allow ungoverned passions and unrestrained emotions to bring discomposure right at the moment… — Nancy Wilson Copy Share Image
“I've got to learn o take rest and shelter - here, there, anywhere - with as much composure and ease as I… — Irv Thomas Copy Share Image
With stillness comes the benediction of peace”. “Thinking isolates a situation or event and calls it good or bad, as if it… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Stillness empowers. Being able to detach from all external stimulants - social media, social engagements, TV, alcohol, food, etc. - and face… — Romany Malco Copy Share Image
Modern man has been in search of a new language of form to satisfy new longings and aspirations - longings for mental… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
The happiness of life consists, like the day, not in single flashes (of light), but in one continuous mild serenity. The most… — Jean Paul Copy Share Image
“The Democratic Senator’s Serenity Prayer God Grant Me the Serenity to Accept the Things I Cannot Legislate The Courage to Legislate the… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
“When you are disturbed by events and lose your serenity, quickly return to yourself and don't stay upset longer than the experience… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Patience is the antidote to the restless poison of the Ego. Without it we all become ego-maniacal bulls in china shops, destroying… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
The end of the Cold War removed the immediate causes of whole destruction but not the threat contained in our knowledge. We… — Mahnaz Afkhami Copy Share Image
Being successful is not defined by having a job that pays well and carrying an image that everybody envy and crave. It… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Listen to the long stillness: New life is stirring New dreams are on the wing New hopes are being readied: Humankind is… — Howard Thurman Copy Share Image
“If you ask and get no answer sometimes the silence that bounces back is the loudest truth. Be appreciative and open hearted… — Alexandra Elle Smith Copy Share Image
If you separate from . . . everything you have done in the past, everything that disturbs you about the future .… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
We'll never make Firefly again, because that was a thing that existed and is now gone. And Serenity isn't Firefly, and whatever… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and just listen. No more is needed. Being still, looking, and listening… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“All people intuitively seek emotional equanimity, freedom from anxiety, distress, and trepidation that might cause a person to lose symmetrical balance of… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
