- “Sometimes we try to calm but our environment will force us to speak.” ― Victor Vote
- “If you keep looking within, you will find stillness, a tranquillity that you’ve never experienced before. It’s like this secret space your mind can visit that unlocks new levels of creativity and confidence that you never thought possible.” ― Joel Annesley, Quiet Confidence: Breaking Up with Shyness
- “The sea was silent, the sky was silent; I was alone with the night and silence.” ― H.G. Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau
- “I believe from the bottom of my heart that what we call religion is the very most important matter for human beings. I cannot stress enough that the ultimate goal of religion, whether we call it satori or peace of mind, is for each individual to live in peace and tranquility, to live a full and satisfying life.” ― Soko Morinaga, Novice to Master: An Ongoing Lesson in the Extent of My Own Stupidity
- “but I am not someone who likes to woundrather I have a quiet mind” ― Sappho, If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
- “He’s taught me everything.He taught me how to look at things.He shows me everything there is in flowers.He shows me how stones are pleasingWhen you hold them in your handAnd look at them for a while.” ― Alberto Caeiro, The Keeper of Sheep
- “sometimes forgiving someone it’s not because he’s really sorry and deserved it, but because we were worthy of tranquility.” ― Glad Munaiseche
- “It occurred to me that no words by the tongue of man can express the simplicities of a quiet land, so I returned to the river.” ― Daniel J. Rice, The UnPeopled Season: Journal from a North Country Wilderness
- “And here lies the essential difference between Stoicism and the modern-day ‘cult of optimism.’ For the Stoics, the ideal state of mind was tranquility, not the excitable cheer that positive thinkers usually seem to mean when they use the word, ‘happiness.’ And tranquility was to be achieved not by strenuously chasing after enjoyable experiences, but by cultivating a kind of calm indifference towards one’s circumstances.” ― Oliver Burkeman, The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking
- “Clearing clutter—be it physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual—brings about ease and inspires a sense of peace, calm, and tranquility.” ― Laurie Buchanan, PhD
- “If I were to envy any persons on this planet, it would be mountain hermits. You often hear old platitudes such as, ‘Speak out. Be heard.’ On the contrary, a breath of fresh air would be something like: ‘Silence, think for at least 15 minutes, and then maybe speak out.” ― Criss Jami, Killosophy
- “Believe what you believe and it will be, believe what others believe and they will consume you!” ― Stanley Victor Paskavich
- “People often give us a piece of their mind with the intention to take away our peace of mind.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- “I am like a deep, still mountain lake. The surface is a mirror that reflects the sky above. I await in tranquility for the breath of God to move upon me.” ― Elizabeth C. Dixon, Little Book of Prayers for New Thought Christians
- “Patience is the antidote to the restless poison of the Ego. Without it we all become ego-maniacal bulls in china shops, destroying our future happiness as we blindly rush in where angels fear to tread. In these out-of-control moments, we bulldoze through the best possible outcomes for our lives, only to return to the scene of the crime later to cry over spilt milk.” ― Anthon St. Maarten, Divine Living: The Essential Guide To Your True Destiny
- “There are three things in life…not worrying what they are, not caring what others may think they are, and enjoying the wonder of what they might be.” ― Tom Althouse
- “When everything is calm, start thinking about your problems! When the storm begins, you will not find time! Tranquillity is a fertile soil where you can plant and reap the solutions!” ― Mehmet Murat ildan
- “Finding peace of mind usually demands that we lose some things and some people.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- “The man stopped talking and was looking at the sunset.But what does someone who hates and loves want with a sunset?” ― Alberto Caeiro, The Keeper of Sheep
- “I am not antisocial, I just feel better when people are not around.” ― Efrat Cybulkiewicz
- “Don’t live by my words, don’t die by them, chew them slowly digest them, and smile if they give nourishment to your soul.” ― Stanley Victor Paskavich
- “Believe what you believe and it will be, believe what others believe and they will consume you!” ― Stanley Victor Paskavich
- “The tranquility of the soul rests in one’s reconciliation with the realities of life.” ― BS Murthy
- “Though we live in a world filled with strife, a person can resolve to live in a manner that promotes a tranquil mind while exhibiting charity for other people and reverence for nature.” ― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls
- “Live each day with ecstatic serenity” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
- “The sprouting of the seeds of creativity, intuition and wisdom takes place in a relaxed mind. Only anger, greed and ego require a disturbed mind.” ― Shivanshu K. Srivastava
- “Only your surface is disturbed; in your deepness there is stillness and total tranquility.” ― Bryant McGill
- “We must believe there are places where tranquility still exists and nature is given back her power to speak” ― Nanette L. Avery
- “Serenity of mind produces an expanding awareness that fosters creative selflessness, which in turn enables us to experience unabashed harmony communing in rhythmical bliss with nature.” ― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls
- “Though we live in a world filled with strife, a person can resolve to live in a manner that promotes a tranquil mind while exhibiting charity for other people and reverence for nature.” ― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls