Serenity Quotes

The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but is, rather, the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity.

Glenn Gould

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Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity.

Thich Nhat Hanh

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Philosophy as practice does not mean its restriction to utility or applicability, that is, to what serves morality or produces serenity of soul.

Karl Jaspers

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I have found serenity at Monaco.

Stephan El Shaarawy

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I am very willing to share whatever I know or feel I know about finding some serenity in this lifetime.

Dirk Benedict

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My mom taught us the Serenity Prayer at a young age.

Toby Keith

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But I do know focusing on the exterior doesn't make me happy. If I want peace and serenity, it won't be reached by getting thinner or fatter.

Elle Macpherson

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Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs. And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven. You will go away with old, good friends. And don't forget when you leave why you came.

Adlai Stevenson I

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Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth.

Isaac Barrow

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In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.

Simone Weil

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Rhyme is an attempt to reassemble and reaffirm the possibility of paradise. There is a wholeness, a serenity, in sounds coupling to form a memory.

Derek Walcott

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At these big set-piece events like the leaders' debates, that exterior of calm and serenity is nothing compared to what's going on inside most of the time.

Nicola Sturgeon

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I wouldn't know how to handle serenity if somebody handed it to me on a plate.

Dusty Springfield

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My idea of serenity - that wonderful word that everybody's trying to get into their life - is call-waiting.

Elaine Stritch

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What I really try to do is photograph people at rest, in a state of serenity.

Irving Penn

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As we start to get a little bit older, boy, keep your house in order. That's the key thing. It's not about the thrills anymore. It's about contentment, about having some serenity.

Jim Irsay

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I am one who believes that we are, in fact, engaged in a worldwide war against terrorism. We must have the serenity to accept the fact that war is not going to go away if we ignore it.

Robert Foster Bennett

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I don't think I've ever felt that same kind of peace, the kind of serenity that I felt after acknowledging that maybe I was going to die of this TB.

Desmond Tutu

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The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.

Reinhold Niebuhr

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Everyone is in a rush in New York, even in restaurants and in cafes. You dont have the serenity. That, I think, is very important in order to read.

Mario Vargas Llosa

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What some people interpret as brooding melancholy is serenity. I don't feel required to grasp all the time.

David Guterson

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Ireland, in breadth, and for wholesomeness and serenity of climate, far surpasses Britain; for the snow scarcely ever lies there above three days: no man makes hay in the summer for winter's provision, or builds stables for his beasts of burden... the island abounds in milk and honey.

Venerable Bede

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We run around so much - with the best intentions: I want to save the rain forest. I've gotta clean up the oceans. I've gotta save the dolphins. All worthy efforts, but if you're not centered and you don't have the serenity in your life you need to accomplish that task, you're not going to do a very good job.

Ed Begley, Jr.

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The only real difference between shooting 'Firefly' and 'Serenity' was that on 'Serenity,' we had a lot more freedom with time. When you're shooting a television show, you usually have anywhere between six and nine pages of script to shoot a day, and only twelve hours to do it. But with 'Serenity,' we could shoot one scene all day long.

Jewel Staite

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