Steven Millhauser Quotes

And that third dimension brings bliss. Bliss is without any opposite to it. It is serene, tranquil, cool. It is ecstasy without any excitement.

Inner peace is the key: if you have inner peace, the external problems do not affect your deep sense of peace and tranquility... Without this inner peace, no matter how comfortable your life is materially, you may still be worried, disturbed or unhappy because of circumstances.

Patience is the key to joy.

A day out-of-doors, someone I loved to talk with, a good book and some simple food and music - that would be rest.

Sunrise What is the name of the deep breath I would take over and over for all of us? Call it whatever you want, it is happiness, it is another one of the ways to enter fire.

Meditation is the key to open the door, the door of absolute contentment. Mind is always discontented., hence meditation means creating a state of no-mind. That space is always contented.

A tranquil conscience invites freedom from anguish, sorrow, guilt, shame, and self-condemnation. It provides a foundation for happiness. It is a condition of immense worth.

A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

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 excitement that has found a settling down place, but there is always a little corner that keeps flapping around.

The heart at peace is its own reward, needing nothing outside of itself to be fully content.

My favorite piece [piece of music] is the one we hear all the time if we are quiet.

Nothing's wrong. Everything's right. Things couldn't be righter. Things could be less tired. They could be less busy. They could be less caffeinated. But they couldn't be righter.

Once bliss becomes normal it's no longer bliss, it's just peace.

No price is too great to pay for inner peace.

Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.

She had known happiness, exquisite happiness, intense happiness, and it silvered the rough waves a little more brightly, as daylight faded, and the blue went out of the sea and it rolled in waves of pure lemon which curved and swelled and broke upon the beach and the ecstasy burst in her eyes and waves of pure delight raced over the floor of her mind and she felt, It is enough! It is enough!

I'll give you everything I've got for a little peace of mind

Still, there is a calm, pure harmony, and music inside of me.

Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa around, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in

These are the things I prize And hold of dearest worth: Light of the sapphire skies, Peace of the silent hills, Shelter of the forests, comfort of the grass, Music of birds, murmur of little rills, Shadows of cloud that swiftly pass, And, after showers, The smell of flowers And of the good brown earth,- And best of all, along the way, friendship and mirth.

All I want is to have my peace of mind...

Long days and pleasant nights

Learn to be calm and you will always be happy.