Serenity Quotes

369 Serenity quotes by 269 unique authors

A fight is going on inside me," said an old man to his son. "It is a terrible fight between two wolves. One wolf is… — Wendy Mass
Limitations gone: Since my mind fixed on the moon, Clarity and serenity Make something for which There's no end in sight. — SaigyÅ
Sometimes, immersed in his books, there would come to him the awareness of all that he did not know, of all that he had not… — John Edward Williams
There was a serenity about him always that had the look of innocence, when, technically, the word was no longer applicable. — Virginia Woolf
I think that, with age, people come to realize that death is inevitable. And we need to learn to face it with serenity, wisdom and… — Paulo Coelho
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.… — Reinhold Niebuhr
Learning how to discipline your speech is a way of preventing your energies from spilling out of you through the rupture of your mouth, exhausting… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Here in my heart, my happiness, my house. Here inside the lighted window is my love, my hope, my life. Peace is my companion on… — Abraham Lincoln
Goodness is weakness, pleasantness is poisonous, serenity is mediocrity and kindness is for losers. The best reason for committing loathsome and detestable acts – and… — Jasper Fforde
Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday. — Ann Brashares
Take my love, take my land Take me where I cannot stand I don’t care, I’m still free You can’t take the sky from me… — Joss Whedon
God grant me to SERENITY to accept what I cannot change the TENACITY to change what I may and the GOOD LUCK not to f***… — Stephen King
Peace is present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything we do and see. Every breath we take, every step we take, can… — Nhat Hanh
Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity. — Henry David Thoreau
Our civilization has fallen out of touch with night. With lights, we drive the holiness and beauty of night back to the forests and the… — Henry Beston
This pause in time, within time ... When did I first experience the exquisite sense of surrender that is only possible with another person? The… — Muriel Barbery
Accept the things I cannot change," I said. "And pray for the courage to change the things I can, as well as the wisdom to… — Meg Cabot
I'm all over the place, up and down, scattered, withdrawing, trying to find some elusive sense of serenity." The world can't give that serenity. The… — Anne Lamott
So many things which once had distressed or revolted him — the speeches and pronouncements of the learned, their assertions and their prohibitions, their refusal… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Among the hills, when you sit in the cool shade of the white poplars, sharing the peace and serenity of distant fields and meadows -… — Khalil Gibran
A queen is wise. She has earned her serenity, not having had it bestowed on her but having passer her tests. She has suffered and… — Marianne Williamson
When we walk like (we are rushing), we print anxiety and sorrow on the earth. We have to walk in a way that we only… — Nhat Hanh
We are not going to change the whole world, but we can change ourselves and feel free as birds. We can be serene even in… — Swami Satchidananda
A habit of finding pleasure in thought rather than action is a safeguard against unwisdom and excessive love of power, a means of preserving serenity… — Bertrand Russell
The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity and fellowship so… — Carl Sagan

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