Paul Gauguin Quotes

So the storm passed and every one was happy.

Well, you have now, Sam, dear Sam,' said Frodo, and he lay back in Sam's gentle arms, closing his eyes, like a child at rest when night-fears are driven away by some loved voice or hand. Sam felt that he could sit like that in endless happiness.

Life was resumed, and anxious living blew away as if it had not been. I could not breathe deep enough or long enough. It was a return to happiness.

I've found joy, peace and perspective. Those are very good things to have.

The thing we're all looking for is happiness, and if we achieve just a modicum of that or even a little piece of serenity even for five minutes a day, we're very lucky.

May there always be peace, love and happiness in every house.

You'll have an unbelievable sense of calm when you have a baby.

Peace begins with a smile.

Happiness is very simple and minimal.

I think that peace is, in many ways, a precondition of joy.

I have two children, and I'm very, very peaceful.

There was a beautiful feeling of calm in my groin, a sense of peace so remarkable it was almost ecstasy——anyone who' suffered bad pain and then recovered will know what I'm talking about.

When all within is peace How nature seems to smile Delights that never cease The live-long day beguile

Happiness is never really so welcome as changelessness.

Find joy and peace in this very moment.

Happiness is above all things the calm, glad certainty of innocence.

The joy sometimes is in the simple beauty.

Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.

The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well.

People who dream when they sleep at night know of a special kind of happiness which the world of the day holds not, a placid ecstasy, and ease of heart, that are like honey on the tongue.

A smile is the beginning of peace.

Contentment, as it is a short road and pleasant, has great delight and little trouble.

Once bliss becomes normal it's no longer bliss, it's just peace.

Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars-and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful.

Tranquillity is contagious, peace is contagious. One only thinks of the contagiousness of illness, but there is the contagion of serenity and joy.