#serenity

Life has its rhythm ad we have ours. They’re designed to coexist in harmony, so that when we do what is ours to do and otherwise let life be, we garner acceptance and serenity. (285) ↗

— Victoria Moran

#harmony #letting-go #life #rhythm #serenity

Pursue not the outer entanglements; Dwell not in the inner void; Be serene in the oneness of things; And dualism vanishes by itself. ↗

— Sengcan

#serenity #faith

We are not going to change the whole world, but we can change ourselves and feel free as birds. We can be serene even in the midst of calamities and, by our serenity, make others more tranquil. Serenity is contagious. If we smile at someone, he or she will smile back. And a smile costs nothing. We should plague everyone with joy. If we are to die in a minute, why not die happily, laughing? (136-137) ↗

— Swami Satchidananda

#death #freedom #happiness #joy #laughter

Peace is present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything we do and see. Every breath we take, every step we take, can be filled with peace, joy, and serenity. The question is whether or not we are in touch with it. We need only to be awake, alive in the present moment. ↗

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

#peace #religion #serenity #inspirational

The soil in which the meditative mind can begin is the soil of everyday life, the strife, the pain, and the fleeting joy. It must begin there, and bring order, and from there move endlessly. But if you are concerned only with making order, then that very order will bring about its own limitation, and the mind will be its prisoner. In all this movement you must somehow begin from the other end, from the other shore, and not always be concerned with this shore or how to cross the river. You must take a plunge into the water, not knowing how to swim. And the beauty of meditation is that you never know where you are, where you are going, what the end is. ↗

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

#meditation #serenity #spirituality #beauty

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

— Toby Keith

#age #prayer #serenity #taught #us

In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish. ↗

— Simone Weil

#anguish #forms #never #new #only

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

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

#serenity-prayer #change

Be calm. God awaits you at the door. ↗

— Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

#death-and-dying #serenity #death