Diane Ackerman Quotes

Each life needs its own quiet place.

All the great pleasures of life are silent.

Thrice happy he, who by some shady grove, Far from the clamorous world; doth live his own; Though solitary, who is not alone, But doth converse with that eternal love.

Forget things and have a quiet moment.

Every once in a while, people need to be in the presence of things that are really far away.

I'm looking forward to some peace and quiet. I fantasize about having a home, which I've kind of never had.

Tranquillity! thou better name Than all the family of Fame.

To venerate the simple days Which lead the seasons by, Needs but to remember That from you or I They may take the trifle Termed mortality!

I have need to busy my heart with quietude.

But, the best times I have found, in my life, are late at night or early in the morning and I think it's because you're outside the social realm.

Let peace and beauty reign.

Nothing increases happiness like quiet time. The truth is, the only moments that make you laugh or happy are seconds of stillness.

I'm here to tell you that the path to peace is right there, when you want to get away.

If peace had a smell,it would be the smell of a library full of old, leather-bound books.

Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.

What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.

Silence has a regenerative power of its own. It is always sacred. It always returns you home.

Speak not, move not, but listen, the sky is full of gold. No ripple on the river, no stir in field or fold, All gleams but naught doth glisten, but the far-off unseen sea. Forget days past, heart broken, put all memory by! No grief on the green hillside, no pity in the sky, Joy that may not be spoken fills mead and flower and tree.

Later she remembered all the hours of the afternoon as happy -- one of those uneventful times that seem at the moment only a link between past and future pleasure, but turn out to have been the pleasure itself.

It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the sea: Listen! the mighty being is awake, And doth with his eternal motion make A sound like thundereverlastingly.

I AM your anchor. I AM your haven. Let My Peace and Love infill and enfold you.

I count only the hours that are serene.

Happiness is the quiet lull between problems.

Quiet is peace. Tranquility. Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life. Silence is pushing the off button. Shutting it down. All of it.