Quotes about Serenity
Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.
- Epictetus
There is but one way to tranquility of mind and happiness, and that is to account no external things thine own, but to commit all to God.
- Epictetus
And the way to be free is to let go of anything that is not within your control.
- Epictetus
The soul is like a bowl of water, with the soul's impressions like the rays of light that strike the water. Now, if the water is disturbed, the light appears to be disturbed together with it — though of course it is not.
- Epictetus
End the habit of despising things that are not within your power
- Epictetus
If you make peace with all things that are beyond your power, refusing to fight them, you will be invincible.
- Epictetus
Where are you going to find serenity and independence — in something free, or something enslaved?
- Epictetus
If you wish to have peace and contentment, release your attachment to all things outside your control. This is the path of freedom and happiness. If you want not just peace and contentment, but power and wealth too, you may forfeit the former in seeking the latter, and will lose your freedom and happiness along the way.
- Epictetus
I feel like it is important to make sure you are always praying, always talking to have clarity of mind and peace.
- Ayesha Curry
When your higher self is present, it always promotes peace.
- Wayne Dyer
After I wake up, I always meditate.
- Jim James
Meditation changes your character.
- Henepola Gunaratana