Tranquility Quotes

278 quotes by 234 authors

Spring is the season of gaiety, and winter of terror; in spring the heart of tranquility dances to the melody of the groves, and the… — Samuel Johnson
To model our political system upon speculations of lasting tranquility, is to calculate on the weaker springs of the human character. — Alexander Hamilton
What is first seen as a loss is now seen as a gain. For he finds solitude, not in far off, quite places; he creates… — Janwillem van de Wetering
There are certain fundamental requisites for wise and resolute democratic leadership. It must build on hope, not on fear; on honesty, not on falsehood; on… — Edmund Ezra Day
Tranquility is nothing else than the good ordering of the mind. — Marcus Aurelius
Yearning for Allah and His meeting is like the gentle breeze blowing upon the heart, extinguishing the blaze of the Dunya. Whosoever caused his heart… — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
Forgiveness is not simply the absolving of an enemy, or one who has done us wrong. Forgiveness must encompass all those things which disturb the… — Barbara Wood
I distrust summaries, any kind of gliding through time, any too great a claim that one is in control of what one recounts; I think… — Harold Brodkey
Should you desire the great tranquility, prepare to sweat. — Hakuin Ekaku
The poor long for riches, the rich long for heaven, but the wise long for a state of tranquility. — Rama Swami
Must we, under the happy hope of a false tranquility, sacrifice to the people in power the public welfare, and under vain pretence of preserving… — Claude Adrien Helvetius
Sorrow is tranquility remembered in emotion. — Dorothy Parker
There will be calmness, tranquility, when one is free from external objects and is not perturbed. — Bruce Lee
We may be assured by past experience, that such a practice [as some states charging high taxes on goods from other states] would be introduced… — James Madison
I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that every-thing will change for the better,… — Anne Frank
The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar… — George Washington
People stress the violence. That's the smallest part of it. Football is brutal only from a distance. In the middle of it there's a calm,… — Don DeLillo
Happiness is man's greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness. — Epicurus
First of all, Buddhism is neither pessimistic nor optimistic. If anything at all, it is realistic, for it takes a realistic view of life and… — Walpola Rahula
Yes, this is what I thought adulthood would be, a kind of long indian summer, a state of tranquility, of calm incuriousness, with nothing left… — John Banville

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