Quotes for When You Need Peace · Page 6
Serene words to slow down your world and bring you back to stillness.
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“Courage is of the heart by derivation, and great it is. But fear is of the soul.”
“If you wish to fear nothing, consider that everything is to be feared.”
“Fear is sharp-sighted, and can see things underground, and much more in the skies.”
“Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords.”
“There is said to be hope for a sick man, as long as there is life.”
“Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.”
“Lovers need to know how to lose themselves and then how to find themselves again.”
“There is, in the human breast, a social affection, which extends to our whole species.”
“True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise.”
“Those who do not observe the movements of their own minds must of necessity be unhappy.”
“Happiness is not exuberant or noisy, like pleasure or joy; it's silent, tranquil, and gentle.”
“Happiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth. They are inseparable.”
“Happiness in the ordinary sense is not what one needs in life, though one is right to aim at it.”
“We call "happiness" a certain set of circumstances that makes joy possible.”
“All that is required to feel that here and now is happiness is a simple, frugal heart.”