#tranquil

The real spiritual progress of the aspirant is measured by the extent to which he achieves inner tranquility. ↗

— Swami Sivananda

#extent #inner #measured #progress #real

The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. ↗

— James Allen

#becomes #calmness #good #greater #his

What is first seen as a loss is now seen as a gain. For he finds solitude, not in far off, quite places; he creates it out of himself, spreads it around him, wherever he may be, because he loves it and slowly he ripens in this tranquility. For the inner process is beginning to unfold, stillness is extraordinarily important. ↗

— Janwillem van de Wetering

#solar-plexus #tranquility #zen #love

What did you see when you died?" He has that tenative half smile, like he's almost embarrassed by what he's saying. "Because I'm guessing it wasn't the Sea of Tranquility." And when I look at him, I'm not so sure it wasn't. “Where did you go?" His voice drops just slightly and loses even the suggestion of a smile. He's watching me like he's not sure he's allowed to ask the question, and he's not even sure he wants the answer. I can almost see his grandfather's words and Josh's doubts about them swimming in his head. On every side of me are the lights and the tools and the wood and the boots and the boy I want to see forever. And if the my Sea of Tranquility were real, it would be this place, here, with him. I don't say anything right away, because I just want one minute to look at his face before I give him my last secret. And then I tell him. "Your garage. ↗

— Katja Millay

#favourite-scene #josh-bennett #katja-millay #love #soul-mates

There are times when we stop, we sit still. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper. ↗

— James Carroll

#meditation #philosophy #relaxation #tranquility #inspirational

A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future. ↗

— Leonard Bernstein

#better #bright #child #day #forward

Like water which can clearly mirror the sky and the trees only so long as its surface is undisturbed, the mind can only reflect the true image of the Self when it is tranquil and wholly relaxed. ↗

— Indra Devi

#image #like #long #mind #mirror

Quiet is peace. Tranquility. Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life. Silence is pushing the off button. Shutting it down. All of it. - Amir ↗

— Khaled Hosseini

#quiet #silence #tranquility #life

Now painting is different. It's something recollected in tranquility. ↗

— Jack Levine

#now #painting #recollected #something #tranquility

When even one virtue becomes our nature, the mind becomes clean and tranquil. Then there is no need to practice meditation; we will automatically be meditating always. (151) ↗

— Swami Satchidananda

#mindfulness #tranquility #virtue #nature