George A. Smith Quotes

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.

Step on the moist, pillowsoft earth, walking gingerly aside a weeping steam that calls your name, for it knows how to heal a wounded heart.

Cross the meadow and the stream and listen as the peaceful water brings peace upon your soul.

A great sense of peace entered my body, and seemingly into every cell.

I needed to be in the bush. There I find solitude and beauty and purity and focus. That's where my heart lies.

Looking out at the ocean, it's easy to feel small - and to imagine all your troubles, suddenly insignificant, slipping away. Earth's seven oceans seem vast and impenetrable, but a closer look tells another story.

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.

I can be stressed, or tired, and I can go into a meditation and it all just flows off of me. I'll come out of it refreshed and centered and that's how I'll feel and it'll carry through the day.

Peace of mind for five minutes, that's what I crave.

Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity.

Water is always a support or a healing thing apart from, you know, love or peace of mind.

Fishing provides that connection with the whole living world. It gives you the opportunity of being totally immersed, turning back into yourself in a good way. A form of meditation, some form of communion with levels of yourself that are deeper than the ordinary self.

You can't be unhappy in the middle of a big, beautiful river.

Once in a while, the universe lets you be free alone and in peace.

When I get by the ocean, that's the only moment that I get that silence and that connection, not with the ocean, but with myself.

I always see gardening as escape, as peace really. If you are angry or troubled, nothing provides the same solace as nurturing the soil.

I love the smell of rain, and I love the sound of the ocean waves.

Hawaii is such a wonderful, healing place for me. I feel so at ease with the natives and love the tranquility of the islands. It is a place to find inner peace and be one with nature.

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.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

Kauai is kind of my place where I go to get centered. It's always my place to come back and feel normal again.

The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.

The end of art is peace.

There is no greater feeling than hanging out with my dogs, or just walking around the land with our horses. My rescue ranch is is where I feel the most at peace and where I'm reminded of the simple things in life and let the chaos of my crazy work life fade away.