Tranquil Quotes

137 quotes by 115 authors

To the last we have learned nothing. In all of us, deep down, there seems to be something granite and unteachable. No one truly believes,… — J M Coetzee
The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil water-way leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under… — Joseph Conrad
A too closely watched flower/blossoms the wrong color./Excess attention to the jonquil/turns it gentian. Flowers/need it tranquil to get/their hues right. Some/only open at midnight. — Kay Ryan
In a split second of eternity, everything is changed, transfigured. A few bars of music, rising from an unfamiliar place, a touch of perfection in… — Muriel Barbery
I'm going to enjoy every second, and I'm going to know I'm enjoying it while I'm enjoying it. Most people don't live; they just race.… — Jean Webster
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
When even one virtue becomes our nature, the mind becomes clean and tranquil. Then there is no need to practice meditation; we will automatically be… — Swami Satchidananda
I could smell the curves of the river beyond the dusk and I saw the last light supine and tranquil upon tideflats like pieces of… — William Faulkner
Without trust, there can be no tranquil resting of the mind. — Dean Koontz
It did not seem as if a prop were withdrawn, but rather as if a motive were gone: it was not the power to be… — Charlotte Bronte
I hear my heartbeat. I have been looking at him too long, but then, he has been looking back, and I feel like we are… — Veronica Roth
Ah, drink again This river that is the taker-away of pain, And the giver-back of beauty! In these cool waves What can be lost?-- Only… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
Tomorrow at 7, I shall be shot; but I am innocent of the crime of rebellion. I am going to die with a tranquil conscience. — Jose Rizal
If it is true that there is no greater sorrow than to remember a happy time in a state of misery, it is just as… — Primo Levi
Things being investigated, knowledge became complete. Their knowledge being complete, their thoughts were sincere. Their thoughts being sincere, their hearts were then rectified. Their hearts… — Confucius
How important can it be that I suffer and think? My presence in this world will disturb a few tranquil lives and will unsettle the… — Emile M. Cioran
A cat knows how to be comfortable, how to get the people around it to serve it. In a tranquil domestic situation, the cat is… — Roger Caras
Round and round the questions flew, until finally I found myself standing at the open door of a bookshop. Itâ€™s natural in times of great… — Kate Morton
The more truthful I am with myself and others, the more my conscience is clear and tranquil. Thus, I can more thoroughly and unequivocally inhabit… — Surya Das
The afternoon had made them tranquil for a while, as if to give them a deep memory for the long parting the next day promised. — F. Scott Fitzgerald

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