Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is. (Quote by - Thomas S. Szasz)

The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity. (Quote by - Andre Gide)

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter. (Quote by - Henri Matisse)

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. (Quote by - Grenville Kleiser)

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. (Quote by - Robert Foster Bennett)

I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery. (Quote by - Luis Barragan)

The attributes of a great lady may still be found in the rule of the four S's: Sincerity, Simplicity, Sympathy, and Serenity. (Quote by - Emily Post)

The serenity of mind, gentleness, silence, self-restraint, and the purity of mind are called the austerity of thought. (Quote by - Bhagavad Gita)

The apparent serenity of the past is an oil spread by time. (Quote by - Lloyd Frankenberg)

What some people interpret as brooding melancholy is serenity. I don't feel required to grasp all the time. (Quote by - David Guterson)

Philosophy as practice does not mean its restriction to utility or applicability, that is, to what serves morality or produces serenity of soul. (Quote by - Karl Jaspers)

Prayer is a kind of calling home every day. And there can come to you a serenity, a feeling of at-homeness in God's universe, a peace that the world can neither give nor disturb, a fresh courage, a new insight, a holy boldness that you'll never, never get any other way. (Quote by - Earl G. Hunt)

There is little serenity comparable to the serenity of the inexperienced giving advice to the experienced. (Quote by - Anonymous)

I have learned to like myself for the first time and to have some serenity. (Quote by - Keith Miller)

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. (Quote by - Samuel Johnson)

If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it. (Quote by - Thomas Jefferson)

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. (Quote by - Franz Liszt)

I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity... I didn't feel better or stronger than anyone else but it seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not--more important now was for me to love them. Feeling that way turns your whole life around; living becomes the act of giving. (Quote by - Beverly Sills)

Serenity and inner beauty come when we wait upon God. 'Waiting' like that is not merely wasting time. (Quote by - Eva Burrows)

Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth. (Quote by - Isaac Barrow)

He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king. (Quote by - John Milton)

A great biography should, like the close of a great drama, leave behind it a feeling of serenity. We collect into a small bunch the flowers, the few flowers, which brought sweetness into a life, and present it as an offering to an accomplished destiny. It is the dying refrain of a completed song, the final verse of a finished poem. (Quote by - Andre Maurois)

My mom taught us the Serenity Prayer at a young age. (Quote by - Toby Keith)

Faith is not a storm cellar to which men and women can flee for refuge from the storms of life. It is, instead, an inner force that gives them the strength to face those storms and their consequences with serenity of spirit. (Quote by - Sam J. Ervin)

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. (Quote by - Elle Macpherson)