Serenity is a psychological state that we usually associate with calm, but in reality it is much more than that. Serenity has to do with emotional balance, the fact of being able to face adverse situations by managing our focus of attention very well and directing it to specific goals from a constructive perspective.
In this article you will find a selection of the best phrases of serenity reflections and ideas left by important thinkers in history.
12. Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but beating like hell underneath. (Michael Caine)
A very interesting tip to reflect on.
13. Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions. (Pema Chödrön)
Controlling our emotions gives us an advantage at any time.
14. Only from an internal calm was man able to discover and form calm environments. (Stephen Gardiner)
Serenity takes us down a path of calm and functionality.
15. A calm path creates a calm passenger. (Mehmet Murat İldan)
Surround yourself with things that bring you peace.
16. The essential condition of mastery is serenity, which allows us to see things in their true aspect and prevents us from gilding and darkening them according to our mood. (Yoritomo Tashi)
The power of calm.
17. Perfect tranquility consists in the good order of the mind, in your own kingdom. (Marcus Aurelius)
A kingdom that must be cared for.
18. You are the calm under the waves in the blue of my oblivion. (Fiona Apple)
If a person only brings you chaos, it is better to let him or her go.
19. Power and strength arise from tranquility. (C. Joybell C.)
The foundations for strong trust.
20. Virtue is in being calm and strong; With the inner fire everything burns. (Ruben Dario)
By maintaining a calm state, we are less likely to take offense.
21. We have to believe that there are places where tranquility exists and where nature regains its ability to speak. (Nanette L. Avery)
22. Who told you that I was always laughing, never crying, as if it were spring? I’m not that much. (Nicolas Guillén)
You don’t need to have permanent positivity, negative emotions are also necessary.
23. The peace of those who left before… does not calm the restlessness of those who will follow them.
Death always stalks us.
24. No matter how you feel, always act calmly and correctly. (Daniel Kahneman)
About staying calm at all times.
25. Sometimes he is the silent observer who sees the most. (L. Nelson)
Don’t judge people by how they look at first glance.
26. A samurai must remain calm at all times, even in the face of danger. (Chris Bradford)
This helps us not lose concentration.
27. Life is not about maximizing everything, you have to give light, space, form, serenity and joy. (Glenn Murcutt)
There is no point in having everything if you live in eternal chaos.
28. Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition. (Mary Shelley)
Ambition is a hole that is never filled.
29. I am sustained by the tranquility of a righteous and loyal heart. (Peter Stuyvesant)
Our values are a personal rock.
30. The best fighter is never angry. (Lao Tse)
Because otherwise, you can’t create good strategies.
31. As a lifelong martial arts practitioner, I am trained to remain calm in the midst of adversity and danger. (Steven Seagal)
Martial arts are a guide to achieving internal balance.
32. I meditate, so I know how to find a quiet place to be calm and at peace. (Roseanne Barr)
The benefits of meditation.
33. Serenity is the ability to keep your attention focused, in the midst of difficulty, on what is a priority for you. (Mario Alonso Puig)
Which is really about staying calm.
34. Life is like a journey across the sea: there are calm days and stormy days; The important thing is to be a good captain of our ship. (Jacinto Benavente)
About facing problems and enjoying moments of happiness.
35. I like everything around me to be crystal clear and completely calm. (Alfred Hitchcock)
There is nothing more appreciated than honesty.
36. The best doctors in the world are: Dr. Diet, Dr. Tranquility and Dr. Joy. (Jonathan Swift)
The doctors we should always visit.
37. Happiness is nature, beauty and tranquility (Debasish Mridha)
Happiness is in the small details.
38. Tranquility is a state of mind desired by the soul to calm the spirit and prevent the body from suffering from stress. (Steven Redhead)
We are all looking to have a little peace of mind.
39. In tranquility there is health, like plenitude, within one. Forgive yourself, accept yourself, recognize yourself and love yourself. Remember that you have to live with yourself for eternity. (Facundo Cabral)
Excellent advice with deep meaning.
40. No one can hurt me without my permission. (Mahatma Gandhi)
An attitude that we must copy.
41. I practice staying calm all the time, even in situations that are tense. (Martha Beck)
Perhaps the most effective way to practice calm.
42. The height of unhappiness is to fear something, when nothing is expected. (Stoic phrase)
That’s why you should never have very high expectations, but never stop dreaming.
43. Aging is like climbing a great mountain: as you climb, your strength decreases, but your gaze is freer, your view broader and more serene. (Ingmar Bergman)
The strength we gain with old age.
44. The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat. (Jules Renard)
Cats are creatures that transmit a lot of calm.
45. For me sometimes a sky of silence is more expressive than the roar of the sea. (Munia Khan)
We all need a moment of silence.
46. It is more than okay to say “no” to people and places that harm your peace. (Nikki Rowe)
The only way to ensure a better life around you.
47. When we are unable to find peace of mind within ourselves, there is no point in looking for it elsewhere. (François de La Rochefoucauld)
We can never fill a personal void with other people’s things.
48. It is wonderful to live in a house where peace, order, tranquility, duty, good conscience, forgiveness and love reign. (Hermann Hesse)
The sensations that a home should transmit.
49. Stress is a choice. So is inner peace. (Lewis Howes)
You decide which one to hold on to.
50. Stay calm, serene, always in control of yourself. Next, he discovers how easy it is to get along. (Paramahansa Yogananda)
It all starts with not letting ourselves be controlled by the heat of the moment.
51. Silence is a lie that screams at the light. (Shannon L. Alder)
Silence can also represent a lie.
52. We do not realize that somewhere within all of us, there exists a supreme self that is eternally at peace. (Elizabeth Gilbert)
So our personal goal should be to find it.
53. No person can find a quieter place than their soul.
All the answers we need are within us.
54. It is not wealth or splendor, but tranquility and occupation that gives you happiness. (Thomas Jefferson)
The way you achieve complete fullness.
55. Because serenity in the midst of misfortune, and grace in the midst of torture, are not just resignation; They are also activity and contain a positive triumph. (Thomas Mann)
It is not a way to downplay something, but rather tools to help get through a difficult time.
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56. Calm and confidence are as far from vanity as the desire to have a decent life is far from greed. (Channing Pollock)
You cannot have peace if you have a corrupted heart.
57. What had been quiet and peaceful was now silent and empty. (Frederick Barthelme)
There are certain calms that only bring anguish.
58. One thing that is well known is that waiting is not pleasant, but the one who hurries the most is not the one who advances the furthest, that to do certain things requires time and calm. (Charles Perrault)
To do something well you need to have patience and perseverance.
59. A calm lake is more meaningful to me than any big city in the world. (Munia Khan)
Tranquility is also found by spending time in nature.
60. The key to everything is patience: you get the chicken by incubating the egg, not breaking it to open it.
Patience is always necessary.
61. Peace can become a lens through which you see the world. I know that. Live the. Radiate it. Peace is an inside job. (Wayne Dyer)
A world at peace is preferable to one immersed in chaos.
62. A calm man is like a tree that gives shade. People who need shelter come to him. (Beta Tuff)
Nobody wants to be around an unstable person.
63. Unregulated positive vibrations of happiness, peace, joy and tranquility are freedom. (TF Hodge)
Positive things lead to a better attitude.
64. A man does not try to see himself in flowing water, but in calm water, because only what is calm in itself can give tranquility to others. (Confucius)
We unconsciously seek tranquility all the time.
65. What is done hastily is never done well; Always act calmly and calmly. (Saint Francis de Sales)
Great advice to put into practice.
66. Romance is tempestuous. Love is calm. (Mason Cooley)
The difference between both states.
67. I like trains. I like the rhythm and I like the freedom of being suspended between two places. All anxiety under control: for now I know where I’m going. (Anna Funder)
There is a place we can return to in search of tranquility.
68. The school years, with their tranquility and carelessness, will never return. (José Ramón Ayllón)
Appreciate the moments you live today.
69. There is but one way to peace of mind and happiness, and that is not to take external things as your own. (Epictetus)
Most of the “attacks” that we perceive against us are a product of the mind.
70. In the dissonance of the century the miracle of a happy chord proliferates. (Juana Rosa Pita)
Life is made up of moments of chaos and moments of peace.
71. Modern science has not yet produced a calming medicine as effective as a few kind words. (Sigmund Freud)
Sometimes we just need a few words of comfort to calm us down.
Related article: “The 101 best phrases of Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalysis”
72. Truly, he has conquered all things, so that neither the taste of them moves him to joy, nor does discontent cause him sadness. (Saint John of the Cross)
Talking about loss of interest and motivation.
73. For every minute you stay angry, you waste up to sixty seconds of peace of mind. (Ralph Waldo)
Staying angry will get us nowhere.
74. Sweet are thoughts with pleasant contents, the calm mind is richer than a crown. (Robert Green)
A call to have good thoughts.
75. Talent is educated in calm and character in the storm. (Johann Wolfgang Goethe)
We cannot escape bad times, but we can learn to cope with them efficiently.
76. Lord, give me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to be able to differentiate them. (Reinhold Niebuhr)
Skills that we must possess at various times.
77. Our life depends on the type of thoughts we nurture. (Elder Thaddeus of Vitonica)
So be careful which thoughts you give more importance to.
78. Absolute calm is not the law of the ocean. The same thing happens in the ocean of life. (Paulo Coelho)
Calm is always welcome and necessary.
79. How often do we talk just to fill the quiet space? How many times do we waste our breath talking nonsense? (Colleen Patrick-Goudreau)
Silence can bring peace.
80. Don’t let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace. (Tenzin Gyatso)
That is why it is important not to give so much importance to other people’s opinions.
81. The only order in the universe is just a cycle that goes from calm to chaos and vice versa. (Beta Tuff)
Universal states that we cannot change.
82. The way to measure wisdom is by seeing how calm you are when facing any situation. (Naval Ravikant)
It’s not about the situation, but how we react to it.
83. Dress me in beauty, serenity, perennially united to the tree of my life against the wind. (Blas de Otero)
Thoughts can be our greatest enemies, but they can also be our greatest allies.
84. Life is like a journey across the sea: there are calm days and stormy days; The important thing is to be a good captain of our ship. (Jacinto Benavente)
A great way to describe the natural state of life.
85. Peace comes from within, don’t look for it outside. (Buddha)
You will not be able to find outside what you need to solve inside.
Related article: “75 Buddhist phrases to find inner peace”
86. Solitude is the house of peace. (TF Hodge)
Make your loneliness a place of calm, instead of a space of fear.
87. A happy life consists of having peace of mind. (Cicero)
The best way to be happy is to be at peace with ourselves.
88. There is no peace without a good conscience. (Seneca)
A clear conscience leads us to make better decisions.
89. The happy man is not the man who laughs, but rather the one whose soul, full of joy and confidence, overcomes and is superior to events. (Seneca)
The happiness we must pursue.
90. Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace. (Robert J. Sawyer)
There are things that are not worth paying too much attention to.
