Serenity Quotes

Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth. (Isaac Barrow)
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. View quote
Reinhold Niebuhr
God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. View quote
Reinhold Niebuhr
The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books. View quote
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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. View quote
Joseph Addison
Any work of architecture which does not express serenity is a mistake. View quote
Luis Barragán
The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it. View quote
Reinhold Niebuhr
The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity. View quote
André Gide
Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is. View quote
Thomas Szasz
Only a soul full of despair can ever attain serenity and, to be in despair, you must have loved a good deal and still love the world. View quote
Blaise Cendrars
The great critic must be a philosopher, for from philosophy he will learn serenity, impartiality, and the transitoriness of human things. (W. Somerset Maugham)
In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish. View quote
Simone Weil
A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body it preserves a constant ease and serenity within us, and more than countervails all the calamities and afflictions that can possibly befall us. View quote
Joseph Addison
I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery. View quote
Luis Barragán
Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people. View quote
Jawaharlal Nehru
What some people interpret as brooding melancholy is serenity. I don't feel required to grasp all the time. View quote
David Guterson
What is the secret of your serenity?" Said the master: "Wholehearted cooperation with the inevitable. View quote
Anthony de Mello
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. View quote
Elle Macpherson
A garden must combine the poetic and the mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy. View quote
Luis Barragán
If you find serenity and happiness, some people may be jealous. Be happy anyway. View quote
Mother Teresa
Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs. And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven. You will go away with old, good friends. And don't forget when you leave why you came. (Adlai Stevenson II)
Supreme serenity still remains the Ideal of great Art. The shapes and transitory forms of life are but stages toward this Ideal, which Christ's religion illuminates with His divine light. View quote
Franz Liszt
Serenity is knowing that your worst shot is still pretty good. View quote
Johnny Miller
I went from resenting my mother-in-law to accepting her, finally to appreciating her. What appeared to be her diffidence when I was first married, I now value as serenity. View quote
Ayelet Waldman
What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue. View quote
Henri Matisse