Serenity Quotes

369 quotes by 286 authors

I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery. — Luis Barragan
Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of… — Joseph Addison
We run around so much - with the best intentions: I want to save the rain forest. I've gotta clean up the oceans. I've gotta… — Ed Begley, Jr.
I've chosen to treat my life more like a party than something to stress about. — Martin Short
Gardening...demands a certain attitude. It is necessary to accept the dynamism of vegetation with serenity. — Gilles Clement
A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body; it preserves constant ease and serenity within us; and more than countervails… — Joseph Addison
Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven. — John Donne
Positive emotion can be about the past, the present, or the future. The positive emotions about the future include optimism, hope, faith, and trust. Those… — Martin Seligman
The magnificence of mountains, the serenity of nature-nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man's passing. — Bill Vaughan
Happiness is the main object of our aspirations, whatever name we give to it: fulfilment, deep satisfaction, serenity, accomplishment, wisdom, fortune, joy or inner peace,… — Matthieu Ricard
When a tire blows, you simply accept that this is the here and now reality of your life. You've lost the tire, but that doesn't… — Ken Keyes Jr.
Silence must be comprehended as not solely the absence of sound. It is the natural environment for serenity and contemplation. Life without silence is life… — Norman Cousins
The Art of Success . . . Success is ninety-nine percent mental attitude. It calls for love, joy, optimism, confidence, serenity, poise, faith, courage, cheerfulness,… — Wilferd Peterson
I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity... I didn't feel better or stronger than anyone else but it seemed no longer important… — Beverly Sills
The dimension that counts for the creative person is the space he creates within himself. This inner space is closer to the infinite than the… — Mark Tobey
All our interior world is reality, and that, perhaps, more so than our apparent world. — Marc Chagall
I have to stay alone in order to fully contemplate and feel nature. — Caspar David Friedrich
The life of an artist is like the life of a monk, a lewd monk if you like, very Rabelaisian. It is an ordination. — Marcel Duchamp
I have made a great discovery. I no longer believe in anything. Objects don't exist for me except in so far as a rapport exists… — Georges Braque
Someone once inquired of a Far Eastern Zen master, who had a great serenity and peace about him no matter what pressures he faced, "How… — Stephen Covey

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