- A mind at war with itself cannot know peace. James Pierce
- To understand everything is to forgive everything. Zen proverb
- Non-resistance is the key to the greatest power in the universe. Eckhart Tolle
- “While Corrie slept, the forest awakened around him. This forest was full of wildlife and colorful flowers. There were birds perched on branches of trees, squirrels digging up nuts, and butterflies fluttering back and forth, as a river’s waters splashed against rocks in the distance. The smell of the flowers danced on the wind throughout the forest, filling it with the sweetest scents ever smelled by human beings.” ― Teresa Whitaker Smith, Corrie Cocker Spaniel
- Being calm is the highest level of intelligence. @orangebook_
- Radiate an energy of serenity and peace so that you have an uplifting effect on those you come into contact with. Wayne Dyer
- “In an age of bombsguzzling blood, skylarks merge peacewith thought and action.” ― Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams
- Those who flow as life flows know they need no other force. Lao Tzu
- “Live each day with ecstatic serenity” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
- Care about doing your best. Don’t care about the results. Maxime Lagacé
- Stop leaving and you will arrive. Stop searching and you will see. Stop running away and you will be found. Lao Tzu
- Serenity is not just an escape, but a precursor to acceptance, courage, wisdom, and change. Bill Crawford
- “1/ Serene 2/ In a world full of troubles 3/ i.e. Doing nothing about it.” ― Iain Banks
- To live happily, the only thing you must care about is the process. Everything else is a distraction, even the results. Maxime Lagacé
- “Close your eyes to feel deeply the tranquility and serenity of the mind.” ― Debasish Mridha
- Peace is a sense that everything is fine. Naval Ravikant
- He that owns himself has lost nothing. But how few men are blessed with ownership of self! Seneca
- “Walking causes a repetitive, spontaneous poetry to rise naturally to the lips, words as simple as the sound of footsteps on the road. There also seems to be an echo of walking in the practice of two choruses singing a psalm in alternate verses, each on a single note, a practice that makes it possible to chant and listen by turns. Its main effect is one of repetition and alternation that St Ambrose compared to the sound of the sea: when a gentle surf is breaking quietly on the shore the regularity of the sound doesn’t break the silence, but structures it and renders it audible. Psalmody in the same way, in the to-and-fro of alternating responses, produces (Ambrose said) a happy tranquillity in the soul. The echoing chants, the ebb and flow of waves recall the alternating movement of walking legs: not to shatter but to make the world’s presence palpable and keep time with it. And just as Claudel said that sound renders silence accessible and useful, it ought to be said that walking renders presence accessible and useful.” ― Frédéric Gros, A Philosophy of Walking
- The wiser you get, the more you enjoy the process. Maxime Lagacé
- “How do I avoid dullness, folly, and gross acts of excess? How do I distinguish cogent acts of survival from random acts of inanity? How does a person hold in equipoise two variant perspectives at once?” ― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls
- When you practice sitting meditation, if you enjoy even one moment of your sitting, if you establish serenity and happiness inside yourself, you provide the world with a solid base of peace. Thich Nhat Hanh
- Aimlessness, nonattainment, is a wonderful practice. Thich Nhat Hanh
- The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity. André Gide
- Peace doesn’t require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there. Byron Katie
- “Calmness has the power to leave dirty water as clean water on top of dirt.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- I’ve always found my strength in silence. Chelsey Brooks
- Everything passes, nothing remains. Understand this, loosen your grip, and find serenity. Lama Surya Das
- Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity. Lao Tzu
- “Always ask yourself: “What will happen if I say nothing?” ― Kamand Kojouri
- The self-controlled soul, who moves amongst sense objects, free from either attachment or repulsion, he wins eternal peace. Bhagavad Gita