Thomas Gray Quotes

When it is possible, I choose to have a quiet life.

My wish is to stay always like this, living quietly in a corner of nature.

Waves of a serene life pass over us from time to time, like flakes of sunlight over the fields in cloudy weather.

Anything for a quiet life.

I spend most of my time at the ranch with my family, and enjoy life - watch the sun come up, watch it go down, thank God for another day, and just be happy.

Happy are those who dwell apart from the harrowing tumults of public life!

I enjoy the quiet life.

I live a reasonably simple life, off the beaten track.

Let thine occupations be few, saith the sage, if thou wouldst lead a tranquil life.

I like a quiet life, you know me.

Sweet life continues in the breeze, in the golden fields.

I don't want to be a film star. I don't even want to be a pop star. I just want to live in peace.

A life of peace, purity and refinement leads to a calm and untroubled old age.

All the fame you should look for in life is to have lived it quietly.

The best of life is life lived quietly, where nothing happens but our calm journey through the day, where change is imperceptible and the precious life is everything.

I envy that man who passes through life safely, to the world and fame unknown.

One may live tranquilly in a dungeon; but does life consist in living quietly?

Everything seems asleep, and yet going on all the time. It is a goodly life that you lead, friend; no doubt the best in the world, if only you are strong enough to lead it!

What wondrous life is this I lead! Ripe apples drop about my head.

The more one lives alone on the river or in the open country, the clearer it becomes that nothing is more beautiful or great than to perform the ordinary duties of one's daily life simply and naturally.

Peace is our natural state of being.

Behold the life at ease; it drifts, The sharpened life commands its course.

Bring peace to the Earth by bringing peace to all those whose lives you touch. Be peace.

May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, And many books, both true.