“Man's books are but man's alphabet, Beyond and on his lessons lie - The lessons of the violet, The large gold letters of the sky; The love of beauty, blossomed soil, The large content, the tranquil toil: The toil that nature ever taught, The patient toil, the constant stir, The toil of seas where shores are wrought, The toil of Christ, the carpenter; The toil of God incessantly By palm-set land or frozen sea.” MenBookLyingChristSeaSkyLandTaughtLessonsLettersGoldConstantPatientSoilShoreToilPalmsFrozenVioletTranquilAlphabetCarpenterIncessantly Author:Joaquin Miller
“Oxus, forgetting the bright speed he had In his high mountain cradle in Pamere, A foiled circuitous wanderertill at last The longed-for dash of waves is heard, and wide His luminous home of waters opens, bright And tranquil, from whose floor the new-bathed stars Emerge, and shine upon the Aral Sea.” HomeLastsStarsWaterForgetHeardSeaMountainShiningWaveWideSpeedCradleLuminousTranquil Author:Matthew Arnold
“Nowhere in this country, from sea to sea, does nature comfort us with such assurance of plenty, such rich and tranquil beauty as in those unsung, unpainted hills of Pennsylvania.” DoeCountryStatesRichSeaComfortPlentyHillsAssuranceTranquilPennsylvania Book:Rebecca Harding Davis's Stories of the Civil War Era: Selected Writings from the Borderlands Source: Rebecca Harding Davis's Stories of the Civil War Era: Selected Writings from the Borderlands
“I think that in fact by taking on the persona of a human being, you begin to realise that it is all ego, and that beneath that ego is something else, and that something else is a tranquil, nonentity, that we are simply drops of the sea, that we belong to each other.” ThinkingHumansFactsHuman BeingsSeaEgoRealisingPersonaTranquilNonentity Author:George Ogilvie
“Animals, like us, have rich and spacious interiors. They contain inner landscapes: desert places and lonely canyons, cliffs of madness and rivers or serene awareness that merge in tranquil seas.” InspirationalMotivationalAnimalRichSeaAwarenessRiversLonelyMadnessDesertLandscapeInteriorsCliffsSereneTranquilCanyons Book:The Souls of Animals Source: The Souls of Animals
“Usually when I draw, I try to be in a contemplative mood. I try to keep my mind as empty, vacant and tranquil as possible. The outer mind is like the surface of the sea. On the surface, the sea is full of waves and surges; it is all restlessness. But when we dive deep below, the same sea is all peace, calmness and quiet, and there we find the source of creativity.” TryingMindCreativitySeaSourceQuietDrawsEmptyWaveSurfaceMoodCalmnessRestlessnessTranquilContemplativeVacant Author:Sri Chinmoy