Pastoral Resources

Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.

I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery.

A garden must combine the poetic and he mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy.

Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth.

I am very willing to share whatever I know or feel I know about finding some serenity in this lifetime.

I am one who believes that we are, in fact, engaged in a worldwide war against terrorism. We must have the serenity to accept the fact that war is not going to go away if we ignore it.

Curiosity endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in their own mode of life which springs from their cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will.

Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven.

The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.

What some people interpret as brooding melancholy is serenity. I don't feel required to grasp all the time.

Philosophy as practice does not mean its restriction to utility or applicability, that is, to what serves morality or produces serenity of soul.

My mom taught us the Serenity Prayer at a young age.

Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.

The only thing I was trying to portray was serenity. Also, innocence, vulnerability and elegance.

Supreme serenity still remains the Ideal of great Art. The shapes and transitory forms of life are but stages toward this Ideal, which Christ's religion illuminates with His divine light.

The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.

But I do know focusing on the exterior doesn't make me happy. If I want peace and serenity, it won't be reached by getting thinner or fatter.

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.

Serenity is knowing that your worst shot is still pretty good.

I have learned to like myself for the first time and to have some serenity.