“ The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply. ”
- Truman Capote- Copy
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“ Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up. ”
- Alfred North Whitehead- Copy
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“ The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. ”
- James Allen- Copy
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“ It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will have it if they cannot find it. ”
- George Eliot- Copy
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“ You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose. ”
- Indira Gandhi- Copy
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“ That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library. ”
- Aphra Behn- Copy
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“ A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat. ”
- John Selden- Copy
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“ There is no such thing as perpetual tranquillity of mind while we live here; because life itself is but motion, and can never be without desire, nor without fear, no more than without sense. ”
- Thomas Hobbes- Copy
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“ Quietude, which some men cannot abide because it reveals their inward poverty, is as a palace of cedar to the wise, for along its hallowed courts the King in his beauty deigns to walk. ”
- Charles H. Spurgeon- Copy
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“ He had a kind of quietness and calmness and maturity about him that resonated with others and they respected,... model myself after Mario. ”
- Janet Harris- Copy
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“ I get whatever placidity I have from my father. But my mother taught me how to take it on the chin. ”
- Norma Shearer- Copy
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“ Being perfectly well-dressed gives a feeling of tranquility that religion is powerless to bestow. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ The best weapons against the infamies of life are courage, wilfulness and patience. Courage strenthens, wilfulness is fun and patience provides tranquility. ”
- Hermann Hesse- Copy
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“ It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation, that gives happiness. ”
- Thomas Jefferson- Copy
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“ Acceptance of others, their looks, their behaviors, their beliefs, bring you an inner peace and tranquility — instead of anger and resentment. ”
- Unknown- Copy
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“ For him who has no concentration, there is no tranquility. ”
- Bhagavad Gita- Copy
- 3.1K
“ He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men. ”
- Thomas a Kempis- Copy
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“ We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind. ”
- Marcus Tullius Cicero- Copy
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