Serene

Famous quotes containing the word serene:

    Only those who know the supremacy of the intellectual life ... can understand the grief of one who falls from that serene activity into the absorbing soul-wasting struggle with worldly annoyances.
    George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)

    There is no just and serene criticism as yet.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    What I admire most in any man is a serene spirit, a steady freedom from moral indignation, and all-embracing tolerance—in brief, what is commonly called sportsmanship.
    —H.L. (Henry Lewis)