Mary Shelley Quotes

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

To be happy is only to have freed one's soul from the unrest of unhappiness.

All I want is to live a peaceful life, to regain my life and be happy.

Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give - pleasure, possessions, power - but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy.

Thou seest how few be the things, the which if a man has at his command his life flows gently on and is divine.

You have comfort. You don't have luxury. And don't tell me that money plays a part. The luxury I advocate has nothing to do with money. It cannot be bought. It is the reward of those who have NO Fear or Discomfort.

there comes a time when ambition ceases to burn, or romance to stir, and the highest cry of the human heart is for peace.

The moderation of fortunate people comes from the calm which good fortune gives to their tempers.

I would rather sit still in a state of peace on a stone than ride in the motor-car of a multi-millionaire and feel the peacelessness of the multi-millionaire poisoning me.

Blessed are the simple, for they shall have much peace.

He who has few things to desire cannot have many to fear.

Happiness is the art of relaxation.

Nobody owns anything but everyone is rich - for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety?

Whose happiness is so firmly established that he has no quarrel from any side with his estate of life?

He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.

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

No price is too great to pay for inner peace.

I want peace; yes, I'd sell the whole world for a farthing, straight off, so long as I was left in peace. Is the world to go to pot, or am I to go without my tea? I say that the world may go to pot for me so long as I always get my tea. Did you know that, or not? Well, anyway, I know that I am a blackguard, a scoundrel, an egoist, a sluggard.

I want to be the greatest actor that ever lived, frankly. I'd love that. But I don't need to be. I just want to be here. That's it.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold.

In the scriptures, 'peace' means either freedom from strife, contention, conflict, or war, or an inner calm and comfort born of the Spirit that is a gift of God to all of his children, an assurance and serenity within a person's heart.

There's no shame in longing for peace.

My heart is so peaceful.

I love being able to pass from a feeling of euphoria to one of calm and serenity.