serenity

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• It may be good for us to contemplate such serenity, but contemplating serenity is not the same as the serenity itself. —  Well-Being
• It's a place of -- serenity is the word I'd use -- the beautiful fountains. —  CNN Transcript Jul 2, 2009
• You, that spend with indifference thousands of louis, will be reduced to a pension inferior to the wages you gave your foot-boy--do you call that a trifle To her aunt's cruel disappointment, Adrienne, who appeared quite to have recovered her serenity was about to answer accordingly, when the door suddenly opened, and, without being announced, Prince Djalma entered the room. —  The Wandering Jew — Volume 11
• When he found out what manner of man he was and realized the place he was destined to occupy among the great ones of earth; when he had accepted his destiny and had made his peace with himself it is easy to understand how a certain gayety and serenity should have spread itself over his life and have communicated itself to his works; and though this serenity was alternated by periods of despair, he allowed no more of this to appear in his work than his esthetic sense approved of. —  Beethoven A Character Study
• To her aunt's cruel disappointment, Adrienne, who appeared quite to have recovered her serenity was about to answer accordingly, when the door suddenly opened, and, without being announced, Prince Djalma entered the room. —  The Wandering Jew — Volume 11

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