The goal of a great democracy should be fulfillment, not ease. It should be adequacy, not serenity.
We can be serene even in the midst of calamities and, by our serenity, make others more tranquil.
Living the gospel does not mean the storms of life will pass us by, but we will be better prepared to face them with serenity and peace. 'Search diligently, pray always, and be believing,' the Lord admonished, 'and all things shall work together for your good, if ye walk uprightly. '
I would like to be George Clooney diplomatic. I just don't have the wherewithal yet or the inner serenity.
Life has its rhythm and we have ours. They're designed to coexist in harmony, so that when we do what is ours to do and otherwise let life be, we garner acceptance and serenity.
I am very willing to share whatever I know or feel I know about finding some serenity in this lifetime.
We should cultivate the serenity, because in the substance of sincerity germinate the most beautiful flowers of the Spirit.
Money can purchase the symbols but not the causes of serenity and buoyancy. In a straightforward way we must agree that money cannot buy happiness.
Here in my heart, my happiness, my house. Here inside the lighted window is my love, my hope, my life. Peace is my companion on the pathway winding to the threshold. Inside this portal dwells new strength in the security, serenity, and radiance of those I love above life itself. Here two will build new dreams--dreams that tomorrow will come true. The world over, these are the thoughts at eventide when footsteps turn ever homeward. In the haven of the hearthside is rest and peace and comfort.
Follow the path of serenity. Why lose your temper if by losing it you offend God, trouble your neighbor and in the end have to set things aright anyway?
Goodness is weakness, pleasantness is poisonous, serenity is mediocrity and kindness is for losers. The best reason for committing loathsome and detestable acts – and let’s face it, I am considered something of an expert in this field – is purely for their own sake. Monetary gain is all very well, but it dilutes the taste of wickedness to a lower level that is obtainable by almost anyone with an overdeveloped sense of avarice. True and baseless evil is as rare as the purest good.
You never truly need what you want. That is the main and thoroughgoing key to serenity.
I gained an inner peace, the serenity of a prisoner, so to speak.
When one is able to overcome the romantic and emotional attitude, one discovers truth even in the kitchen sink.
Human Rights for everyone is the necessary foundation upon which all of us may build a world where everybody may live in peace and serenity and plenty.
Beyond all the fires of love through which one passes there is the star of Duty, and happy the individual who can live in its serenity.
Serenity is knowing that your worst shot is still pretty good.
Wisdom is to the soul what health is to the body
I used to be the kind of person who needed to have a lot of people around. That's where I found my serenity. I needed to have everyone around so I could have my hands and my mind in different places because that's what would calm me down. But now, I just want to be by myself. It's a good but scary place to be.
Let us accept the invitation, ever-open, from the Stillness, taste its exquisite sweetness, and heed its silent instruction.