Quotes: Anaïs Nin

"When I cannot bear outer pressures any more, I begin to put order in my belongings. I get satisfaction from perfect order in my papers, in my clothes, in the house. I carry this to excess. As if unable to organize and control my life, I seek to exert this on the world of objects. There is a mania for discarding the useless, uncluttering the house, beautifying, tidying, a mania for super efficiency. I spend hours on this. It gives me peace."

–– Anaïs Nin (1903-1977), French-Cuban American writer

Quotes: Anonymous

"There are two types of tired, I suppose. One is a dire need of sleep, the other is a dire need of peace." 

–– Anonymous

Quotes: Pema Chödrön

"The peace that we are looking for is not peace that crumbles as soon as there is difficulty or chaos. Whether we're seeking inner peace or global peace or a combination of the two, the way to experience it is to build on the foundation of unconditional openness to all that arises. Peace isn't an experience free of challenges, free of rough and smooth, it's an experience that's expansive enough to include all that arises without feeling threatened." 

–– Pema Chödrön  (b. 1936), American Buddhist nun and author 

via: Anvil Knapsack Sketchbook 2017, p. 23.

Quotes: James Baldwin

"Artists are here to disturb the peace." 

–– James Baldwin (1924-1987), American writer and activist 

via: Sketchbook 32, 2022, p. 128.