Julius Evola Quotes

Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.

The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.

Peace is when time doesn't matter as it passes by.

It would be lovely to live in a culture where calmness was the aim.

"What is the secret of your serenity?" Said the master: "Wholehearted cooperation with the inevitable."

Never be hurried in anything. Do all things calmly and in a spirit of repose. Do not lose your inward peace even if everything seems to be going wrong. What is anything in life compared to peace of soul?

All mankind's unhappiness derives from one thing: his inability to know how to remain in repose in one room.

Happiness is the natural state for someone who knows that there's nothing to know.

I'm looking forward to becoming older and quieter.

Without desire there is stillness, and the world settles by itself.

As I've gotten older, I've really wanted to find more balance and calm.

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

If your mind is still, you're the happiest.

Before, for me, peace could have been synonymous with boredom.

Find patience in the breath of life.

You can be still and still moving. Content even in your discontent.

Existence itself does not feel horrible; it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience.

Indeed it is possible to stand with one foot on the inevitable 'banana peel' of life with both eyes peering into the Great Beyond, and still be happy, comfortable, and serene - if we will even so much as smile.

Happiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions.

The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more!

I am very willing to share whatever I know or feel I know about finding some serenity in this lifetime.

I'm at a point in my life where I have something solid now. I'm a peaceful person, and I want to be surrounded by peace no matter what I'm doing.

I wouldn't know how to handle serenity if somebody handed it to me on a plate.

My idea of serenity - that wonderful word that everybody's trying to get into their life - is call-waiting.

I'm at peace.