Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth.
Isaac Barrow

Supreme serenity still remains the Ideal of great Art. The shapes and transitory forms of life are but stages toward this Ideal, which Christ's religion illuminates with His divine light.
Franz Liszt

The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.
Reinhold Niebuhr

The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The only thing I was trying to portray was serenity. Also, innocence, vulnerability and elegance.
Sylvia Kristel

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

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.
Henri Matisse

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

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 E. Stevenson