Quiet

Famous quotes containing the word quiet:

    “we are laid asleep
    In body, and become a living soul:
    While with an eye made quiet by the power
    Of harmony, and the deep power of joy,
    We see into the life of things.”
    —William Wordsworth (1770–1850)

    “A quiet conscience makes one so serene!
    Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded
    That all the Apostles would have done as they did.”
    —George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)

    “Martial, the things for to attain
    The happy life be these, I find:
    The riches left, not got with pain;
    The fruitful ground, the quiet mind;
    The equal friend; no grudge nor strife;
    No charge of rule nor governance;”
    —Martial (Marcus Valerius Martialis)