Serene Quotes

• Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Fear, Yoga, Stay Calm

  Yogananda (Paramahansa) (1977). “Self-realization”

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• You cannot perceive beauty but with a serene mind.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Beauty, Peace, Mind

  Henry David Thoreau (2006). “Thoreau and the Art of Life: Precepts and Principles”, p.83, Heron Dance Press

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• What moments divine , what rapture serene.

  Cole Porter

  Serenity, Moments, Divine

  Song: Begin the Beguine

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• There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.

  Washington Irving

  Nature, Soul, Noble

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• The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.

  Ajahn Chah

  Achievement, Peaceful, Mind

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• If a person's basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to overwhelm a painful physical experience.

  Dalai Lama

  Pursuit Of Happiness, Meditation, Inner Peace

  His Holiness the Dalai Lama (2017). “The Dalai Lama’s Book of Transformation”, p.5, HarperCollins UK

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• Serene will be our days, and bright and happy will our nature be, when love is an unerring light, and joy its own security.

  William Wordsworth

  Uplifting, Love Is, Light

  William Wordsworth (1837). “The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth: Together with a Description of the Country of the Lakes in the North of England, Now First Published with His Works ...”, p.368

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• I feel beautiful when I'm at peace with myself.

  Elle Macpherson

  Beauty, Beautiful, Considerate

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• Nature is never other than serene even in a thunderstorm.

  Frank Lloyd Wright

  Thunderstorm

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• We can be serene even in the midst of calamities and, by our serenity, make others more tranquil.

  Swami Satchidananda

  Serenity, Midst, Calamity

  Sri Swami Satchidananda (1984). “Integral Yoga: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali”, Integral Yoga Dist

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• A quiet conscience makes one so serene.

  Lord Byron

  Quiet, Human Nature, Conscience

  Lord Byron (2015). “Don Juan”, p.29, Xist Publishing

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• The more I expect, the more unhappy I am going to be. The more I accept, the more serene I am.

  Michael J. Fox

  Acceptance, Expectations, Unhappy

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• Life is a pressure cooker and whether you remain serene or become stressed-out depends on how you handle that pressure.

  Kevin Leman

  Life, Stressed, Pressure

  Dr. Kevin Leman (2011). “Stopping Stress before It Stops You: A Game Plan for Every Mom”, p.22, Revell

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• We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.

  Anton Chekhov

  Peace, Inspiration, Losing A Loved One

  Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Ronald Hingley (1998). “Five Plays”, p.167, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Love is serene and calm

  Erica Jong

  Love, Advice, Calm

  Erica Jong (2013). “Becoming Light: Poems New and Selected”, p.20, Open Road Media

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• To speak less is wisdom, to eat less is healthy, and to mingle less with te people is safe and serene.

  Umar

  Speak Less, People, Healthy

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• Deep joy is a serene and sober emotion, rarely evinced in open merriment.

  Madame Roland

  Joy, Emotion, Sober

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• There's no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes.

  Billy Connolly

  Being Happy, Running, Adventure

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• We are not going to change the whole world, but we can change ourselves and feel free as birds. We can be serene even in the midst of calamities and, by our serenity, make others more tranquil. Serenity is contagious. If we smile at someone, he or she will smile back. And a smile costs nothing. We should plague everyone with joy. If we are to die in a minute, why not die happily, laughing? (136-137)

  Swami Satchidananda

  Change, Laughing, Bird

  Sri Swami Satchidananda (1984). “Integral Yoga: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali”, Integral Yoga Dist

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• How beautiful is night! A dewy freshness fills the silent air; No mist obscures; nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven: In full-orbed glory, yonder moon divine Rolls through the dark blue depths; Beneath her steady ray The desert circle spreads Like the round ocean, girdled with the sky. How beautiful is night!

  Robert Southey

  Beautiful, Ocean, Dark

  Robert Southey, Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1884). “The Poetical Works of Robert Southey: With a Memoir ...”

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• For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously.

  George Gissing

  Courage, Men, Blood

  George Gissing (1909). “The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft”

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• I took a walk, Suddenly I stood still, filled with the realization that I had no body or mind. All I could see was one great illuminating Whole - omnipresent, perfect, lucid and serene.

  Hanshan

  Perfect, Mind, Realization

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• How beautiful is night! A dewy freshness fills the silent air; No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven.

  Robert Southey

  Beautiful, Night, Clouds

  Robert Southey (1829). “Poetical works”, p.89

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• Whatever beauty we behold, the more it is distant, serene, and cold, the purer and more durable it is. It is better to warm ourselves with ice than with fire.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Beauty, Fire, Ice

  Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1865). “Letters to Various Persons”, p.194

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• What is peace? Is it war? No. Is it strife? No. Is it lovely, and gentle, and beautiful, and pleasant, and serene, and joyful? O yes!

  Charles Dickens

  Beautiful, Peace, War

  Charles Dickens (1867). “Bleak House”, p.150

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