Tranquil Quotes

• I love tranquil solitude.

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Solitude

  Percy Bysshe Shelley (1840). “The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley”, p.294

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• Nature in her green, tranquil woods heals and soothes all afflictions.

  John Muir

  Affliction, Green, Woods

  John Muir, Linnie Marsh Wolfe (1979). “John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir”, p.220, Univ of Wisconsin Press

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  When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Inspirational, Single, Peace

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• Like water which can clearly mirror the sky and the trees only so long as its surface is undisturbed, the mind can only reflect the true image of the Self when it is tranquil and wholly relaxed.

  Indra Devi

  Reflection, Self, Sky

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• It is in your power to withdraw yourself whenever you desire. Perfect tranquility within consists in the good ordering of the mind, the realm of your own.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Perfect, Mind, Desire

  "Treasures of Love & Inspiration". Book by Marjorie Barrows, p. 278, 1993.

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• Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

  George Santayana

  Achievement, Creative, Action

  "10 Quotes: Inspire and Motivate" by Sura College of Competition, p. 28, August 1, 2004.

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• When beholding the tranquil beauty and brilliancy of the ocean’s skin, one forgets the tiger heart that pants beneath it; and would not willingly remember that this velvet paw but conceals a remorseless fang.

  Herman Melville

  Beauty, Ocean, Heart

  Herman Melville (1892). “Moby Dick”, p.459

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• Farewell the tranquil mind! farewell content!
  Farewell the plumed troops, and the big wars
  That make ambition virtue.

  William Shakespeare

  War, Farewell, Ambition

  'Othello' (1602-4) act 3, sc. 3, l. 346

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• All Of Us Might Wish At Times That We Lived In A More Tranquil World....(yet) Our Times Are Challenging And Filled With Opportunity.

  Thomas Paine

  Opportunity, Challenges, Wish

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• Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspiring, Karma, Peace

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

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• Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason.

  William Godwin

  Passion, Revolution, Quiet

  William Godwin (1798). “Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and Its Influence on Morals and Happiness”, p.244

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• All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world, but we don't. And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity.

  Robert Kennedy

  4th Of July, Opportunity, Political

  Robert Francis Kennedy (1967). “The Quotable Robert F. Kennedy”

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• Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life.

  Epictetus

  Inspirational, Life, Wish

  Epictetus (2012). “Enchiridion”, p.4, Courier Corporation

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• Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Gratitude, Memories, Being Thankful

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2011). “Letters Papers from Prison”, p.79, Simon and Schuster

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• To play well you must feel tranquil and at peace. I have never been troubled by nerves in golf because I felt I had nothing to lose and everything to gain.

  Harry Vardon

  Peace, Golf, Play

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• Peace. it does not mean to be in a place where there is no trouble, noise, or hard work. it means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart

  Lady Gaga

  Hard Work, Heart, Mean

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• We had nothing to lose and everything to gain.

  Steve Jobs

  Gains, Nothing To Lose, Colonization

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• Historically, China is not a nation of sportsmen. We traditionally put more emphasis on being close to nature than pushing endlessly to excel. A philosophy that values tranquil contemplation of the landscape cannot easily be adapted to the Olympic slogan of 'higher, stronger, faster.'

  Ai Weiwei

  Philosophy, Stronger, Landscape

  "Gold Is Not the Real Measure of a Nation". www.theguardian.com. August 25, 2008.

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• The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Inspirational, Patience, Philosophical

  "Living Like Benjamin: Making Dreams Come True". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero (p. 143), November 1, 2007.

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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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• While conscience is our friend, all is at peace; however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind.

  Mary Wortley Montagu

  Inspirational, Funny, Peace

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• The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil water-way leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under an overcast sky--seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness.

  Joseph Conrad

  Heart, Clouds, Sky

  Joseph Conrad (2016). “Heart of Darkness”, p.84, Xist Publishing

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• We consider the beauty of nature and art with pleasure and satisfaction, without the slightest movement of desire. Instead, it appears to be a particular mark of beauty that it is considered with tranquil satisfaction; that it pleases if we also do not possess it and we are still far removed from demanding to possess it

  Moses Mendelssohn

  Art, Desire, Movement

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• By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Mean, Order, Mind

  "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius, Book IV, (3), (c. 161 - 180 AD).

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• I love tranquil solitude
  And such society
  As is quiet, wise, and good.

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Love, Wise, Solitude

  Percy Bysshe Shelley (1874). “The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley”, p.294

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