The peace you shall desire is that sacred peace which nothing can disturb, and in which the soul grows as does the holy flower upon the still lagoons.
Mabel Collins, Light on the Path
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When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own interests.
Maria Mitchell, Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals
Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of things.
Epictetus, Enchiridion
Your thoughts are either faithful servants or tyrannical masters—just as you allow them to be.
William Walker Atkinson, Thought Vibration, or The Law of Attraction in the Thought World
Remember then: there is only one time that is important—Now! It is the most important time because it is the only time when we have any power.
Leo Tolstoy, What Men Live By, and Other Tales
Tranquillity is courage in repose. It is a statical manifestation of valor, as daring deeds are a dynamical. A truly brave man is ever serene; he is never taken by surprise; nothing ruffles the equanimity of his spirit.
Inazō Nitobe, Bushido: The Soul of Japan
The true felicity of life is to be free from perturbations, to understand our duties towards God and man: to enjoy the present without any anxious dependence upon the future.
Seneca, Seneca's Morals of a Happy Life, Benefits, Anger and Clemency
Whoever can retire for periods to Nature’s solitudes and enjoy that solitude, feeling no solitude at all, but a joyous sense of exhilaration, will return among men with more power and new power.
Prentice Mulford, Your Forces, and How to Use Them
Promise Yourself — To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
Christian D. Larson, Your Forces and How to Use Them
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.
John Muir, Our National Parks