Peace And Tranquility Quotes

• Inner peace is the key: if you have inner peace, the external problems do not affect your deep sense of peace and tranquility... Without this inner peace, no matter how comfortable your life is materially, you may still be worried, disturbed or unhappy because of circumstances.

  Dalai Lama

  Life, Spiritual, Keys

  The 14th Dalai Lama's Nobel Lecture, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1989.

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• Good humor is one of the preservatives of our peace and tranquility.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Humor, Tranquility, Good Humor

  Thomas Jefferson (2004). “Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness”, p.16, Modern Library

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• Quiet is peace. Tranquility. Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life. Silence is pushing the off button. Shutting it down. All of it.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Silence, Buttons, Amir

  Khaled Hosseini (2010). “The Complete Khaled Hosseini: Digital box set”, p.164, A&C Black

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• Peace is the only battle worth waging.

  Albert Camus

  Peace, Humanity, Battle

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  Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.252, Princeton University Press

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• Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Peace, Positivity, Self Reliance

  1841 Essays: First Series,'Self-Reliance'.

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• Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.

  Dalai Lama

  Happiness, Wisdom, Compassion

  "Be Happy Now: Simple Steps for Enjoying Life". Book by Laura Barrette Shannon, p. 96, March 27, 2012.

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• Peace is the first thing the angels sang. Peace is the mark of the children of God. Peace is the nurse of love. Peace is the mother of unity. Peace is the rest of the blessed souls. Peace is the dwelling place of eternity.

  Pope Leo I

  Mother, Peace, Children

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• Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Shutting Down, Quiet, Tranquility

  Khaled Hosseini (2011). “The Kite Runner: Rejacketed”, p.315, A&C Black

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• Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Life, Confidence, Peace

  Thomas (a Kempis) (1850). “The Imitation of Christ: Four Books”, p.67

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• The poor long for riches, the rich long for heaven, but the wise long for a state of tranquility.

  Rama Swami

  Wise, Wisdom, Peace

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• Neil and Buzz, I am talking to you by telephone from the Oval Office at the White House, and this certainly has to be the most historic telephone call ever made. . . . Because of what you have done, the heavens have become a part of man's world. As you talk to us from the Sea of Tranquility, it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and tranquility to Earth.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Moon, Men, Space

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• After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.

  Adlai E. Stevenson

  Years, Political, Four

  The New York Times, August 14, 1964.

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• You cannot find peace by avoiding life, Leonard.

  Michael Cunningham

  Peace, Avoiding Death, Avoiding Pain

  "The Hours". www.imdb.com. 2002.

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• Peace is not merely the absence of visible conflict.

  Barack Obama

  Peace, Kings, Powerful

  Nobel Prize for Peace Acceptance Speech and Lecture, delivered 10 December 2009, Oslo City Hall, Oslo, Norway

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• Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Peace is the first thing the angels sang.

  John Keble

  Peace, Angel, Firsts

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• Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition even if it be only the apparently innocent one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries.

  Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

  Ambition, Discovery, Tranquility

  Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2001). “Frankenstein”, p.275, Courier Corporation

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• It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Motivation, Action, Tranquility

  Charlotte Bronte (2014). “The Complete Works Of Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette, and The Professor”, p.152, Harper Collins

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• Keep cool; anger is not an argument.

  Daniel Webster

  Inspirational, Anger, Management

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• He who keeps his heart near God will find peace and tranquility, whilst he who gives his heart to the people will find restlessness and apprehension.

  Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

  Heart, People, Giving

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• Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Quiet, Tranquility, Fame

  'Essais' (1580) bk. 1, ch. 39

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• Keep cool and you will command everyone.

  Justinian I

  Calm, Tranquility, Command

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• In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death.

  Anne Frank

  Motivational, Believe, Divorce

  FaceBook post by Anne Frank from Apr 07, 2015

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• When even one virtue becomes our nature, the mind becomes clean and tranquil. Then there is no need to practice meditation; we will automatically be meditating always. (151)

  Swami Satchidananda

  Practice, Meditation, Mind

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