The hour or so I spent with the ninety-year-old David Attenborough was one of the most beatific of my life. An oddly religious term, I know, for a man who doesn't have much truck with religion, but it was the serenity of that time that will stay with me most.

Emily Maitlis

Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs. And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven. You will go away with old, good friends. And don't forget when you leave why you came.

Adlai Stevenson II

For me, it is essential to have the inner peace and serenity of prayer in order to listen to the silence of God, which speaks to us, in our personal life and the history of our times, of the power of love.

Adolfo Perez Esquivel

There is a kind of serenity in love which is almost a paradise.

Alain Badiou

I used to find that I could get mental serenity surrounded by chaos.

Alexis Knapp

Curiosity endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in their own mode of life which springs from their cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will.

Alistair Cooke

The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.

Andre Gide

I wish everybody finds the serenity that good, strong faith brings.

Ann Jillian

People are going to a place like Pugwash and that whole area to escape from industry, to have the serenity of the surroundings and the beauty.

Anne Murray

I must say here in France I had more serenity or security as I was working because I knew I was making the film the way I wished and that the film would be seen, ultimately, which is not always the case in Iran. In Iran, you always work having in mind this worry of will I be able to carry on my project as I wish and will the audience see the film.

Asghar Farhadi

I went from resenting my mother-in-law to accepting her, finally to appreciating her. What appeared to be her diffidence when I was first married, I now value as serenity.

Ayelet Waldman

What keeps me sane the most is, honestly, the Serenity Prayer.

Bryce Dallas Howard

What some people interpret as brooding melancholy is serenity. I don't feel required to grasp all the time.

David Guterson

It's a funny thing when you think you're dead. You're not terrified of it anymore. There's a sort of a epiphany to religious thing; it's not sort of church-based, but you end up with a serenity which you didn't have before, and I just simply enjoy it. It really does sound stupid, but I've got to tell you it's made my life.

David Lange

Rhyme is an attempt to reassemble and reaffirm the possibility of paradise. There is a wholeness, a serenity, in sounds coupling to form a memory.

Derek Walcott

I don't think I've ever felt that same kind of peace, the kind of serenity that I felt after acknowledging that maybe I was going to die of this TB.

Desmond Tutu

I am very willing to share whatever I know or feel I know about finding some serenity in this lifetime.

Dirk Benedict

My two primary areas of focus have been open-space conservation and education, and I expect those to remain my priorities in the future. The Irvine open space and parklands provide serenity and balance to our unique Orange County lifestyle.

Donald Bren

I wouldn't know how to handle serenity if somebody handed it to me on a plate.

Dusty Springfield

We run around so much - with the best intentions: I want to save the rain forest. I've gotta clean up the oceans. I've gotta save the dolphins. All worthy efforts, but if you're not centered and you don't have the serenity in your life you need to accomplish that task, you're not going to do a very good job.

Ed Begley, Jr.

My idea of serenity - that wonderful word that everybody's trying to get into their life - is call-waiting.

Elaine Stritch