Serenity Quotes
369 Serenity quotes by 269 unique authors
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...their eyes are full of kindness as each feels the full effect of novelty after a short separation. They are drawing a relaxation from each…
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The first sip [of tea] is joy, the second is gladness, the third is serenity, the fourth is madness, the fifth is ecstasy.
— Jack Kerouac
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About my first memory, sitting on the shoulders of a giant who I know can only be my father. Of touching the sky. Of lying…
— Melina Marchetta
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His gaze narrowed and she could see his hands twitching again like he’d love nothing more than to throttle her. She was beginning to think…
— Maya Banks
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Christ alone, of all the philosophers, magicians, etc., has affirmed eternal life as the most important certainty, the infinity of time, the futility of death,…
— Vincent Van Gogh
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Intelligence, goodness, humanity, excitement, serenity. Over time, these are the things that change the musculature of your face, as do laughter, and animation, and especially…
— Anne Lamott
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Why?” He tilted his head. “That’s a tricky one. Could it be your serenity, your quiet manner, your flawless fashion sense?” It did his heart…
— Nora Roberts
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No one can posses an afternoon of rain beating against the window, or the serenity of a sleeping child, or the magical moment when the…
— Paulo Coelho
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Develop serenity and quiet attitudes through your conversation. Depending upon the words we use and the tone in which we use them, we can talk…
— Norman Vincent Peale
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The end of the Cold War removed the immediate causes of whole destruction but not the threat contained in our knowledge. We must tame this…
— Mahnaz Afkhami
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The human attitude of which classical music is the expression is always the same; it is always based on the same kind of insight into…
— Hermann Hesse
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Most people think of peace as a state of Nothing Bad Happening, or Nothing Much Happening. Yet if peace is to overtake us and make…
— Elwyn Brooks White
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Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward…
— Laozi
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And you would accept the seasons of your heart just as you have always accepted that seasons pass over your fields and you would watch…
— Khalil Gibran
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The dancer's body is simply the luminous manifestation of the soul. The true dance is an expression of serenity; it is controlled by the profound…
— Isadora Duncan
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Happiness does not await us all. One needn't be a prophet to say that there will be more grief and pain than serenity and money.…
— Anton Chekhov
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We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that…
— Nhat Hanh
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"What is the secret of your serenity?" Said the master: "Wholehearted cooperation with the inevitable."
— Anthony de Mello
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And once we have the condition of peace and joy in us, we can afford to be in any situation. Even in the situation of…
— Nhat Hanh
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Here, with whitened hair, desires failing, strength ebbing out of him, with the sun gone down and with only the serenity and the calm warning…
— Sean O'Casey
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Where is the peace in more is better? This idea keeps us exclusively in the physical domain. You can replace the more is better belief…
— Wayne Dyer
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A conviction that you are a daughter of God gives you a feeling of comfort in your self-worth. It means that you can find strength…
— James E. Faust
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My two primary areas of focus have been open-space conservation and education, and I expect those to remain my priorities in the future. The Irvine…
— Donald Bren
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The Sanctuary at Two Rivers offers a much needed escape or retreat from the fast paced, modern lifestyle we have all become accustomed to, with…
— Perrey Reeves
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God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the…
— Reinhold Niebuhr
Who Wrote These Serenity Quotes
269 authors contributed a total of 369 Serenity Quotes, led by these top contributors: