Nathaniel Parker Willis Quotes

Contentment ... has an internal quietness of heart that gladly submits to God in all circumstances.

there comes a time when ambition ceases to burn, or romance to stir, and the highest cry of the human heart is for peace.

Peace fell upon her spirit. Strong comfort and assurance bathed her whole being. Life was so solid and splendid, and so good.

Calm soul of all things! make it mine To feel, amid the city's jar, That there abides a peace of thine, Man did not make, and cannot mar! The will to neither strive nor cry, The power to feel what others give! Calm, calm me more! nor let me die Before I have begun to live.

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

And where was happiness if it sprung not from the soil? Where contentment if it dwelt not near to Nature?

When the turbulence of distracting thoughts subside and our mind becomes still, a deep happiness and contentment naturally arises from within.

Sit Rest Work. Alone with yourself, Never weary. On the edge of the forest Live joyfully, Without desire.

Peace does exist. It exists in your heart and soul.

I'm ready to live in the present - not the past and not in the future - because in the present is where there's peace.

Meditation is a silent heart, a peaceful mind which can make life more lovable, more livable.

Thou seest how few be the things, the which if a man has at his command his life flows gently on and is divine.

I'm on my way to happiness, where I can find some peace and rest.

To get up in the morning, wash and then wait for some unforeseen variety of dread or depression. I would give the whole universe and all of Shakespeare for a grain of ataraxy.

I finally found me a cloud to float on.

I would rather sit still in a state of peace on a stone than ride in the motor-car of a multi-millionaire and feel the peacelessness of the multi-millionaire poisoning me.

Peace consists, very largely, in the fact of desiring it with all one's soul.

Real peace is not in power, money, or weapons, but in deep inner peace.

When our mind is calm, we’re better able to find peace of mind and live a joyful life.

With a secret smile, not unlike that of a healthy child,he walked along, peacefully, quietly. He wore his gown and walked along exactly like the other monks, but his face and his step, his peaceful downward glance, his peaceful downward-hanging hand, and every finger of his hand spoke of peace, spoke of completeness, sought nothing, imitated nothing, reflected a continuous quiet, an unfading light, an invulnerable peace.

Peace is the altar of God, the condition in which happiness exists.

There is no higher happiness than peace.

"Sweep me up and send me where you please." For there I will retain my spirit, tranquil and content, as long as it can feel and act in harmony with its own nature. Is a change of place enough reason for my soul to become unhappy and worn, for me to become depressed, humbled, cowering, and afraid? Can you discover any reasons for this?

Power is not happiness. Security and peace are more to be desired than a name at which nations tremble.

A tranquil conscience invites freedom from anguish, sorrow, guilt, shame, and self-condemnation. It provides a foundation for happiness. It is a condition of immense worth.