#serenity

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

— Salman Rushdie

#stoicism #terrorism #terrorism

I don't think I've ever felt that same kind of peace, the kind of serenity that I felt after acknowledging that maybe I was going to die of this TB. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#after #die #ever #felt #going

Journey with me to a true commitment to our environment. Journey with me to the serenity of leaving to our children a planet in equilibrium. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

#children #commitment #environment #equilibrium #journey

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

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#books #learning #love #serenity #sweet

I have learned to like myself for the first time and to have some serenity. ↗

— Keith Miller

#first time #i #i have learned #learned #like

I wouldn't know how to handle serenity if somebody handed it to me on a plate. ↗

— Dusty Springfield

#handle #how #i #know #me

Right at that moment it was as if we were the only two people left in the world. And I don't mean that to sound corny; it just honestly did. The only sounds were the droning crickets and chip-chips of the bats, the farawy wind against the sand, and the occasional distant yowl of a dingo. There were no car horns.No trains. No jack-hammers. No lawnmowers No planes. No sirens. No alarms. No anything human. If you'd told me that you'd saved me from a nuclear holocaust, I might have believed you. ↗

— Lucy Christopher

#nothingness #serenity #holocaust

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. ↗

— Reinhold Niebuhr

#accept #cannot #courage #difference #god

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change. The courage to change the things I can. And the wisdom to know the difference. I still didn't know the difference. ↗

— Betsy Lerner

#serenity-prayer #change

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#change #life #reality #serenity #change