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She had the hard, half-apathetic expression of one who deems anything possible at the hands of time ...

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

In an age of bombsguzzling blood, skylarks merge peacewith thought and action.

It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the g...

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In the immediate vicinity, there might well be stability and peace. In the garden, a breeze may be s...

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Alain de BottonThe News: A User's Manual

The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.

Serenity comes from the ability to say “Yes” to existence. Courage comes from the ability to say “No...

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Watch any plant or animal and let it teach you acceptance of what is, surrender to the Now.Let it te...

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Eckhart TolleThe Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not ...

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What's law? Control? Law filters chaos and what drips through? Serenity? Law -- our highest ideal an...

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Be calm. God awaits you at the door.

Live in joy, in love,even among those who hate.Live in joy, in health,even among the afflicted.Live ...

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Out yonder they may curse, revile, and torture one another, defile all the human instincts, make a s...

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Henry MillerBig Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch

The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,And all the sweet serenity of books

One man practicing kindness in the wilderness is worth all the temples this world pulls.

The peace of the gardens and the kindly lights in the windows poured a tender influence into his res...

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The soil in which the meditative mind can begin is the soil of everyday life, the strife, the pain, ...

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Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.

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

I would like to say to those who think of my pictures as serene, whether in friendship or mere obser...

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God is able to give you the power to endure that which cannot be changed... Why be anxious? Come wha...

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Every springI hear the thrush singingin the glowing woodshe is only passing through.His voice is dee...

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The thing we're all looking for is happiness, and if we achieve just a modicum of that or even a lit...

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We can be knowledgeable with another man's knowledge, but we can't be wise with another man's wisdom...

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Learn this from me. Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is a we...

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Mitch AlbomThe Five People You Meet in Heaven

The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity w...

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How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.

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Salman RushdieStep Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002

As far as I am concerned sexuality no longer exists. I used to call this indifference serenity: all ...

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