Quotes about Tranquil

This was the mother, the dead sister Ellen: this Niobe without tears who had conceived to the demon in a kind of nightmare, who even while alive had moved but without life and grieved but without weeping, who now had an air of tranquil and unwitting desolation, not as if she had either outlived the others or had died first, but as if she had never lived at all.

The servants of God...whether provoked by word or work, by keeping themselves tranquil and peaceful, evince a perfect nobleness of soul.

Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science, by rendering them my supreme delight. But the enormities of the times in which I have lived, have forced me to take a part in resisting them, and to commit myself on the boisterous ocean of political passions.

Happiness is not exuberant or noisy, like pleasure or joy; it's silent, tranquil, and gentle; it's a feeling of satisfaction inside that begins with self-love.

When besieged, I'm calm as a baby. When all hell breaks loose, I'm collected and cool.

Finger-picking, in general, is a hypnotic thing. I feel like I'm more A.D.D. all the time, so the music has to be hypnotic.

Sin is not diminished, nor is God's ability to forgive it. The saint dwells in grace, not guilt. This is the tranquil soul.

He who follows reason in all things is both tranquil and active at the same time, and also cheerful and collected.

There was a slow, pleasant movement in the air, scarcely a wind, promising a cool, lovely day.

Above the dunes of Pawleys Island a choir of sea oats bent westward, tickling the sunset and waving g'night.

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

Talk peaceful to be peaceful.