Serene Quotes - Page 5

• I was very serene, and I still am, until I start talking in another voice, then suddenly I have a lot of volume and I'm frantic. But I didn't want to be one of those people who's always talking in accents in real life, so I started doing sketch comedy.

  Kate McKinnon

  Real, Talking, Voice

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Repose and cheerfulness are the badge of the gentleman - repose in energy. The Greek battle pieces are calm; the heroes, in whatever violent actions engaged, retain a serene aspect.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Hero, Greek, Gentleman

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1866). “The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations”, p.376

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• If our hours were all serene, we might probably take almost as little note of them as the dial does of those that are clouded.

  William Hazlitt

  Peace, Doe, Littles

  William Hazlitt (1839). “Sketches and Essays”, p.69

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• I know of no teachers so powerful and persuasive as the little army of specialists. They carry no banners, they beat no drums; but where they are men learn that bustle and push are not the equals of quiet genius and serene mastery.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

  Teacher, Powerful, Army

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• Give me, kind heaven, a private station, a mind serene for contemplation.

  John Gay

  Giving, Heaven, Mind

  'Fables' (1738) 'The Vulture, the Sparrow, and Other Birds' l. 69 Behold the bright original appear. 'A Letter to a Lady' l. 85

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• As winds come whispering lightly from the West, Kissing, not ruffling, the blue deep's serene.

  Lord Byron

  Kissing, Blue, Wind

  Lord Byron (2015). “Childe Harold's Pilgrimage”, p.47, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• To me, I like and understand ritual and I think it is important. Things that we do that give us comfort are important. Like Christmas, I like to go into a church and hear the carols sung. There's a comfort of actually going inside of a church, I find them serene. They're unchanging.

  Steve Coogan

  Thinking, Giving, Important

  "Steve Coogan Doesn’t Believe In Fairies". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 25, 2013.

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• To speak impartially, the best men that I know are not serene, a world in themselves. For the most part, they dwell in forms, andflatter and study effect only more finely than the rest.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Men, Hypocrisy, Independence

  Henry David Thoreau (2014). “Citizen Thoreau: Walden, Civil Disobedience, Life Without Principle, Slavery in Massachusetts, A Plea for Captain John Brown”, p.221, Graphic Arts Books

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• When you feel the need for a spiritual lift, try getting to bed early and get up early to have a quiet time at dawn. Then carry the serene 'in tune' feeling that comes to you into your day, no matter what you may be doing.

  Peace Pilgrim

  Spiritual, Up Early, Feelings

  Peace Pilgrim (1992). “Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words”, p.77, Friends of Peace PIlgrim

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• What I walk on is not the energy of youth, it is a better energy. I walk on the endless energy of inner peace that never runs out! When you become a channel through which God works there are no more limitations, because God does the work through you: you are the instrument - and what God can do is unlimited. When you are working for God you do not find yourself striving and straining. You find yourself calm, serene and unhurried.

  Peace Pilgrim

  Running, Inner Peace, Finding Yourself

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• The mind should turn into a serene and stormless lake, where is reflected the complete panorama of the starry sky.

  Samael Aun Weor

  Lakes, Sky, Mind

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• In this silent, serene wilderness the weary can gain a heart-bath in perfect peace.

  John Muir

  Heart, Perfect, Gains

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• He who believes in God is not careful for the morrow, but labors joyfully and with a great heart. "For He giveth His beloved, as in sleep." They must work and watch, yet never be careful or anxious, but commit all to Him, and live in serene tranquility; with a quiet heart, as one who sleeps safely and quietly.

  Martin Luther

  Believe, Sleep, Heart

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• By the help of the water of new birth, the stain of former years had been washed away, and a light from above, serene and pure, had been infused into my reconciled heart, — after that, by the agency of the Spirit breathed from heaven, a second birth had restored me to a new man.

  Cyprian

  Heart, Men, Light

  "The Writings of Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage".

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• The faith of those who live their faith is a serene faith. What you long for will be given you; what you love will be yours for ever. Since it is by giving alms that everything is pure for you, you will also receive that blessing which is promised next by the Lord: the Godhead that no man has been able to see. In the inexpressible joy of this eternal vision, human nature will possess what eye has not seen or ear heard, what man's heart has never conceived.

  Pope Leo I

  Faith, Inspiration, Heart

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• Arguments cannot be answered with insults. . . . Kindness is strength. . . . Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, every one should be serene, slow-pulsed, and calm.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Kindness, Blow, Mind

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.1588, Library of Alexandria

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• Those who knew Benjamin Franklin will recollect that his mind was forever young, his temper ever serene; science, that never grows gray, was always his mistress. He was never without an object, for when we cease to have an object, we become like an invalid in a hospital waiting for death.

  Thomas Paine

  Life, Waiting, Forever

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• People who are contented and serene sleep well. They fall asleep easily, stay asleep, and wake refreshed. Conversely, people who are anxious, stressed, or depressed do not sleep well, and chronic insomnia is strongly associated with mood disorders. These are clear correlations, but what is cause and what is effect is not clear. Most experts agree that sleep and mood are closely related, that healthy sleep can enhance emotional well-being, while insufficient quantity or quality of sleep can adversely affect it.

  Andrew Weil

  Fall, Sleep, Insomnia

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• The very sight of a teapot puts a smile on the face of most people. One cannot help but think of more serene and genteel times. From a whimsical child's teapot to an elegant English Teapot, to collectible teapots that adorn some homes, they are a subtle reminder of all that is good in this world.

  Barbara Roberts

  Children, Home, Thinking

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• The master secret of happiness is to meet the challenge of each new day with the serene faith that: "All things work together for good to them that love God."

  Wilferd Peterson

  God, Christian, Wisdom

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• Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting, and fairly serene, but my eighties are passionate. I grow more intense as I age. To my own surprise I burst out with hot conviction. Only a few years ago I enjoyed my tranquility; now I am so disturbed by the outer world and by human quality in general that I want to put things right, as though I still owed a debt to life. I must calm down. I am far too frail to indulge in moral fervor.

  Florida Scott-Maxwell

  Years, Indulge In, Interesting

  Florida Scott-Maxwell (2013). “Measure of My Days”, p.11, Knopf

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• And that third dimension brings bliss. Bliss is without any opposite to it. It is serene, tranquil, cool. It is ecstasy without any excitement.

  Rajneesh

  Happiness, Opposites, Dimensions

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• Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water. Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible, nothing can surpass it. The soft overcomes the hard; the gentle overcomes the rigid. Everyone knows this is true, but few can put it into practice. Therefore the Master remains serene in the midst of sorrow. Evil cannot enter his heart. Because he has given up helping, he is people's greatest help. True words seem paradoxical.

  Laozi

  Strength, Truth, Heart

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• Waves of a serene life pass over us from time to time, like flakes of sunlight over the fields in cloudy weather.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Life, Weather, Fields

  Henry David Thoreau (2006). “Thoreau and the Art of Life: Precepts and Principles”, p.84, Heron Dance Press

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• Life is grand, and so are its environments of Past and Future. Would the face of nature be so serene and beautiful if man's destiny were not equally so?

  Henry David Thoreau

  Life, Beautiful, Past

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.2121, Delphi Classics

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