Fran Lebowitz Quotes

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

In all of my looking at happiness, one thing I noticed right away is that the opposite of happiness isn't unhappiness or even depression, it's anxiety. It is something that can constantly block our happiness, or our chance to reach that sort of meditative state in our work or our home lives.

I'm not a super nervous guy in general. I don't live a ton of my life in my head.

I'm quite calm when all is well.

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

As I've gotten older, I've really wanted to find more balance and calm.

I just want to live in peace and quiet.

I really love peace and quiet.

It is not necessary to do things in a state of anxiety or anguish. That is not the way to be aligned with life.

To be just without being mad (and the madder you get the madder you get), to be peaceful without being stupid, to be interested without being compulsive, to be happy without being hysterical... smoke grass.

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.

When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.

He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.

Peace is its own reward.

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

Peace is when time doesn't matter as it passes by.

We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic.

Some people are so used to experiencing stress that they don't remember what life was like without it.

First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

The older I get, the more I want to do. It beats death, decay or golf in unfortunate trousers. Peace and quiet depress me.

It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.

There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness.

Going out there in the water, it feels as if there's nothing wrong with me.

I'm at a point in my life where I have something solid now. I'm a peaceful person, and I want to be surrounded by peace no matter what I'm doing.

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.