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Letter "S" » serene
«I have seen the sea when it is stormy and wild; when it is quiet and serene; when it is dark and moody. And in all its moods, I see myself.»
«He who would be serene and pure needs but one thing, detachment.»
«Full many a gem of purest ray sereneThe dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear:Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,And waste its sweetness on the desert air.»
Author: Thomas Gray
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Poet)
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Keywords:
blush,
blushed,
blushes,
caves,
cave in,
Cave of the,
desert,
gem,
ocean,
purest,
ray,
serene,
sweetness,
unfathomed,
unseen
«In my travels I have found that those who keep Heaven in view remain serene and cheerful in the darkest day. If the glories of Heaven were more real to us, if we lived less for material things and more for things eternal and spiritual, we would be less easily disturbed by this present life.»
«Next to the might of God, the serene beauty of a holy life is the most powerful influence of good in all the world»
«Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts.»
«I admire the serene assurance of those who have religious faith. It is wonderful to observe the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces.»
Author: Mark Twain
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Humorist,
Lecturer,
Writer)
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Keywords:
ace,
aces,
admire,
assurance,
assurances,
calm,
Christian faith,
Four Aces,
observe,
serene
«It will start in here in November and rain about four, and sometimes as much as seven days on a stretch; after that, you may loan out your umbrella for twelve months, with the serene confidence which a Christian feels in four aces»
«In the great books of India, an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, but large, serene, consistent, the voice of an old intelligence, which in another age and climate had pondered and thus disposed of the questions that exercise us»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Essayist,
Lecturer,
Poet)
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Keywords:
climate,
consistent,
disposed,
Empire,
Great Books,
India,
pondered,
ponders,
serene,
spoke,
unworthy
«If our hours were all serene, we might probably take almost as little note of them, as the dial does of those that are clouded.»