Joseph Roux Quotes

There is peace and rest and comfort in sorrow

Somehow, I can't say how, it tells me that all is right; that it is coming to swallow up all cries.

I'm leaving my sorrows and all my memories behind to see what I find, somewhere in the shade near the sound of a sweet singing river, somewhere in the sun where the mountains make love to the sky.

Gratitude not only encourages our hearts, it produces peace. And we could all use a little more peace these days.

Someone once inquired of a Far Eastern Zen master, who had a great serenity and peace about him no matter what pressures he faced, "How do you maintain that serenity and peace?" He replied, "I never leave my place of meditation." He meditated early in the morning and for the rest of the day, he carried the peace of those moments with him in his mind and heart.

When the voices of children are heard on the greenAnd laughing is heard on the hill,My heart is at rest within my breastAnd everything else is still.

There's so much spring in the air- there's so much lazy sweetness in your heart.

Slow is fast, gentle is powerful and stillness moves mountains

How do you spell peace? P-R-A-Y-E-R! Anything you believe you need is available to you through prayer. We are not talking here about a magic formula of proper and distinct words. Oh no! We are talking about opening your heart and your mouth, saying what's on your mind, knowing that once you do, the answer will be revealed.

And once we have the condition of peace and joy in us, we can afford to be in any situation. Even in the situation of hell, we will be able to contribute our peace and serenity. The most important thing is for each of us to have some freedom in our heart, some stability in our heart, some peace in our heart. Only then will we be able to relieve the suffering around us.

If you put a spoonful of salt in a cup of water it tastes very salty. If you put a spoonful of salt in a lake of fresh water the taste is still pure and clear. Peace comes when our hearts are open like the sky, vast as the ocean.

Nature is the clearest source of solitude. The greatness of nature can overwhelm the insignificant chatter by which we measure most of our days. If you have the wisdom and the courage to go to nature alone, the larger rhythms, the eternal hum, will make itself known all the sooner. When you have found it, it will always be there for you. The peace without will become the peace within, and you will be able to return to it in your heart wherever you find yourself.

Let Joy or Ease, let Affluence or Content, And the gay Conscience of a life well spent, Calm ev'ry thought, inspirit ev'ry grace, Glow in thy heart, and smile upon thy face.

If you do not find peace inside your own heart, then you will not find it anywhere else on earth.

She took the sun when it came and the rain the same way.

I just want silence... Jesus, it doesn't mean I don't like you. It just means right now, I like silence more.

Do no harmful actions, do not become attached to the cycle of death and rebirth, show kindness, respect the old and have compassion for the young, do not have a heart that rejects or a heart that covets and have no worry or sadness in your heart. This is what is called enlightenment. Do not seek it elsewhere.

Because when the world quiets to the sound of your own breathing, we all want the same things: comfort, love, and a peaceful heart.

My calmness is peace of heart, which reflects in the life I live. This peace of heart is the source that calms the storm.

Only the heart without a stain knows ease.

An everlasting tranquility is, in my imagination, the highest possible felicity, because I know of no felicity on earth higher than that which a peaceful mind and contented heart afford.

To make peace, our hearts must be at peace with the world.

My heart like moon-charmed waters, all unrest.

Today wherever you go, carry the intention of peace, love, and harmony in your heart.

Hearts at peace, under an English heaven.