“Finding the calmness or serenity in oneself effectively diffuses the judgments of others”

“Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.”

“serenity, the calm daughter of tolerance”

“In Varenka, she realized that one has but to forget oneself and love others, and one will be calm, happy, and noble.”

“The superior thing, in this as in other departments of life, was to be late. Lateness showed that serene contempt for the illusion we call time which is so necessary to ensure the respect of others and oneself. Only the servile are punctual...”

“A man becomes calm in the measure that he understands himself as a thought-evolved being. For such knowledge necessitates the understanding of others as the result of thought, and as he develops a right understanding, and sees ever more clearly the internal relations of things by the action of cause and effect, he ceases to fuss, fume, worry, and grieve. He remains poised, steadfast, serene.”