- “Life is all a green old English garden and time an endless summer afternoon.” ― Henry James, A Passionate Pilgrim
- “Equanimity is often mistaken for depression.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- “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
- Meditation makes the entire nervous system go into a field of coherence. Deepak Chopra
- “Also at times, on the surface of streams,Water?bubbles formAnd grow and burstAnd have no meaning at allExcept that they’re water?bubblesGrowing and bursting.” ― Alberto Caeiro, The Keeper of Sheep
- “It is the nature of physics to hear the loudest of mouths over the most comprehensive ones.” ― Criss Jami, Killosophy
- The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it. Reinhold Niebuhr
- Peace doesn’t require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there. Byron Katie
- “Life is all a green old English garden and time an endless summer afternoon.” ― Henry James, A Passionate Pilgrim
- “Out yonder they may curse, revile, and torture one another, defile all the human instincts, make a shambles of creation (if it were in their power), but here, no, here, it is unthinkable, here there is abiding peace, the peace of God, and the serene security created by a handful of good neighbors living at one with the creature world.” ― Henry Miller, Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch
- Accept yourself completely as you are right now. Breathe into the present. @dailyzen
- Be yourself and you will feel at home anywhere. Jim Kwik
- In a society enslaved by the growth imperative, sufficiency is a revolutionary principle. Jason Hickel
- Whenever possible: Breathe and be kind. When that’s not possible: Breathe and be quiet. Jason Garner
- “The silence of a mountain has the tranquility and serenity of peace.” ― Debasish Mridha
- You are not going to be here for too long. Relax. Dalos Ortiz
- Having enough comes from the inside. It comes from seeing yourself and your work differently, from knowing that more is not the answer. Ryan Holiday
- “…and you will hold me with your wondering eyes in the serenity of purest mind at the dreams edge of my quiet golden shores accompanied by the melodies of emerald blue rippling waves where I will always remain voicing harmony in the over the rainbow soothing memories of your heart…” ― Oksana Rus
- “She is fragile as the morning dewmelting in the warmth of a child’s smile;stirring at the lonely, lovely waft of a butterfly’s wings;tender as the curve of a wildflower petal.She is fierce as a summer stormnow raging against the fiery sky;now raining tears to soothe the sun-scorched earth.She is soft as a midnight breezeswaying to the sound of waves breakingon distant shores;whispering comfort to a worldsteeped in the dark night of inhumanity.She is brilliant as the rising Phoenixlifting the suffering from the ashes; her own suffering woven into wings of fire in the long watches of the night.She is serene and turbulent as the silvered water hiding currents unknown beneath the gentle gaze of a human who has walked a thousand miles and still has more to go.” ― L.R. Knost
- “Life is all a green old English garden and time an endless summer afternoon.” ― Henry James, A Passionate Pilgrim
- “To the wise, peace of mind is the result of being fine with how things are; to the foolish, the result of things being fine.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- The trees, the flowers, the plants grow in silence. The stars, the sun, the moon move in silence. Silence gives us a new perspective. Mother Teresa
- Sometimes surrender means giving up trying to understand, and becoming comfortable with not knowing. Eckhart Tolle
- Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity. Thich Nhat Hanh
- “During the flames of controversy, opinions, mass disputes, conflict, and world news, sometimes the most precious, refreshing, peaceful words to hear amidst all the chaos are simply and humbly ‘I don’t know.” ― Criss Jami, Killosophy
- When you become aware of silence, immediately there is that state of inner still alertness. You are present. You have stepped out of thousands of years of collective human conditioning. Eckhart Tolle
- If others hurt you, let the injury go. This is your test. If you let it go, you will find serenity. Wayne Dyer
- Serenity is not just an escape, but a precursor to acceptance, courage, wisdom, and change. Bill Crawford
- Aimlessness, nonattainment, is a wonderful practice. Thich Nhat Hanh
- There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less. G.K. Chesterton (See also: simplicity quotes)