Quotes about Serenity

I would rather sit in the open air, for no dust gathers on the grass, unless where man has broken ground.

I doubted if the near neighborhood of man was not essential to a serene and healthy life.

there was yet, it then seemed to me, many a pleasant haven in store; and meads and glades so eternally vernal, that the grass shot up by the spring, untrodden, unwilted, remains at midsummer.

I have a dining room done in different shades of white, with white cushions embroidered in yellow silk: the effect is absolutely delightful and the room beautiful.

Just to keep myself balanced, I do things like yoga and meditation.

I like sleeping a lot.

Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.

My heart is at ease knowing that what was meant for me will never miss me, and that what misses me was never meant for me.

Taoist philosophy, "Rest is prior to motion and stillness prior to action.

What better way to enjoy rains than lazing around in your house and admiring nature.

the world can give you these glimpses as well as fairy tales can--the smell of rain, the dazzle of sun on white clapboard with the shadows of ferns and wash on the line, the wildness of a winter storm when in the house the flame of a candle doesn't even flicker.

Peace belongs only to those who will to have it.