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

  Glenn Gould

  Art, Purpose, Wonder

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

  Isaac Barrow

  Smile, Fading, Youth

  Isaac Barrow (1859). “The theological works of Isaac Barrow, ed. by A. Napier”, p.345

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• Do not be depressed. Do not let your weakness make you impatient. Instead, let the serenity of your spirit shine through your face. Let the joy of your mind burst forth.

  Peter Damian

  Faith, Inspiration, Shining

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• Learning how to discipline your speech is a way of preventing your energies from spilling out of you through the rupture of your mouth, exhausting you and filling the world with words, words, words instead of serenity, peace and bliss.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Discipline, Energy, World

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.180, A&C Black

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• Your serenity matters to heaven. God's presence encapsulates your life.

  Max Lucado

  Life, Heaven, Matter

  Max Lucado (2012). “Come Thirsty: No Heart Too Dry for His Touch”, p.118, Thomas Nelson Inc

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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

  War, Believe, Going Away

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• Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Enthusiasm

  Henry David Thoreau, John C. Broderick, Robert Sattelmeyer (1981). “Journal”, p.29, Princeton University Press

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• True creativity flows only from stillness. When stillness becomes conscious, the spiritual dimension enters your life and you begin to be guided by an intelligence far greater than the human mind.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Spiritual, Creativity, Mind

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• Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.

  Joseph Addison

  Clouds, Break Through, Mind

  'The Spectator' no. 381, 17 May 1712

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

  Dusty Springfield

  Quiet, Plates, Handle

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• A garden must combine the poetic and he mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy

  Luis Barragan

  Garden, Joy, Feelings

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

  Toby Keith

  Mom, Mother, Prayer

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• The magnificence of mountains, the serenity of nature-nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man's passing.

  Bill Vaughan

  Fun, Men, Mountain

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• Whenever conscience speaks with a divided, uncertain, and disputed voice, it is not the voice of God. Descend still deeper into yourself, until you hear nothing but a clear, undivided voice, a voice which does away with doubt and brings with it persuasion, light, and serenity.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

  Peace, Light, Voice

  Entry for April 06, 1851, "The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel", Book by Henri-Frédéric Amiel, translated by Mary Augusta Ward, 1882.

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• This severe, ascetic music, calm and horizontal as the line of the ocean, monotonous by virtue of its serenity, anti-sensuous, and yet so intense in its contemplativeness that it verges sometimes on ecstasy.

  Charles Gounod

  Music, Ocean, Asceticism

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• Sweet serenity is found in fervent prayer. Then, we forget ourselves and remember the reaching hands of the Savior, who said, "Come unto me, all ye that are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." As our burdens are shared with Him, they do become lighter.

  Russell M. Nelson

  Sweet, Prayer, Hands

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• Journey with me to a true commitment to our environment. Journey with me to the serenity of leaving to our children a planet in equilibrium.

  Paul Tsongas

  Children, Commitment, Journey

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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

  Want, Quiet, Make Me Happy

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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

  Quiet, Lifetime, Share

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• A great biography should, like the close of a great drama, leave behind it a feeling of serenity. We collect into a small bunch the flowers, the few flowers, which brought sweetness into a life, and present it as an offering to an accomplished destiny. It is the dying refrain of a completed song, the final verse of a finished poem.

  Andre Maurois

  Song, Drama, Flower

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• I really love `Serenity.' I'm really proud of it and excited to see it my guys on the big screen, bringing something new to it. But `Firefly' was a different animal, something I will regret losing until the day they put me in a box, because I did have a lot of good stories I wanted to tell.

  Joss Whedon

  Regret, Firefly, Animal

  "Can a failed TV show spawn a successful film?". www.today.com. September 27, 2005.

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• Develop serenity and quiet attitudes through your conversation. Depending upon the words we use and the tone in which we use them, we can talk ourselves into being nervous, high-strung, and upset. By our speech, we can also achieve quiet reactions. Talk peaceful to be peaceful.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Inspirational, Motivational, Attitude

  Norman Vincent Peale (1952). “Norman Vincent Peale: The Power of Positive Thinking; The Positive Principle Today; Enthusiasm Makes the Differences”, Wings

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• Maintain a state of balance between physical acts and inner serenity,like a lute whose strings are finely tuned.

  Gautama Buddha

  Balance, States, Strings

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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

  People, Literature, Quiet

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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

  Philosophy, Mean, Motherhood

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