#serenity

Learn this from me. Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#anger #rage #serenity #anger

Serenity is knowing that your worst shot is still pretty good. ↗

— Johnny Miller

#knowing #pretty #pretty good #serenity #shot

The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it. ↗

— Reinhold Niebuhr

#achievement #final #incongruity #life #requires

Never respond to an angry person with a fiery comeback, even if he deserves it...Don't allow his anger to become your anger. ↗

— Bohdi Sanders

#anger-management #ataraxy #bushido #inner-peace #inspirational

Good improvisers seem telepathic; everything looks pre-arranged, This is because they accept all offers made—which is something no ‘normal’ person would do. ↗

— Keith Johnstone

#faith #peace-of-mind #serenity #faith

Destiny, I feel, is also a relationship - a play between divine grace and willful self-effort. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#love

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

— Luis Barragan

#combine #feeling #garden #joy #must

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. ↗

— Jawaharlal Nehru

#absence #also #brought #come #condition

Grant me the wisdom to know when to keep trying and when to stop wasting time, the patience to keep going with the 1st, and the courage & serenity to let go of the 2nd. ↗

— Jay Woodman

#patience #serenity #wisdom #wisdom-inspirational #wisdom-quote

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