Quotes about Serenity

To know the truth—to accept without bitterness

But for a moment I had sat on the turf somewhere high above the flow of the sea and the sound of the woods, had seen the house, the garden, and the waves breaking. The old nurse who turns the pages of the picture book had stopped and had said, 'Look. This is the truth.

Half of life's problems disappear when one's head is healthy.

It is not easy to walk alone in the country without musing upon something.

Other sound than the owl's voice there was none, save the falling of a fountain into its stone basin; for, it was one of those dark nights that hold their breath by the hour together, and then heave a long low sigh, and hold their breath again.

He stepped aside to the ledge where the vine leaves yet lay strewn about, collected two or three, and stood wiping his hands upon them, with his back to the light.

Feed the soul beauty, and it will heal itself.

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God.

The world can create trouble in peace, but God can create peace in trouble.

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

Norman Vincent Peale A peaceful mind generates power. from his book The Powers of Positive Thinking.