Dictionary:
tran·quil·li·ty or tran·quil·i·ty (trăng-kwĭl'ĭ-tē, trăn-) ![]() |
| Thesaurus: tranquillity |
noun
| Antonyms: tranquility |
Definition: peace, quiet
Antonyms: chaos, disturbance, loudness, noise, turbulence, violence, wildness
| WordNet: tranquility |
The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
a disposition free from stress or emotion
Synonyms: repose, quiet, placidity, serenity, tranquillity
Meaning #2:
a state of peace and quiet
Synonyms: tranquillity, quietness, quietude
| Quotes About: Tranquility |
Quotes:
"The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom."
- James Allen
"Like water, we are truest to our nature in repose."
- Cyril Connolly
"You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose."
- Indira Gandhi
"There is no such thing as perpetual tranquillity of mind while we live here; because life itself is but motion, and can never be without desire, nor without fear, no more than without sense."
- Thomas Hobbes
"Tranquility is the old man's milk."
- Thomas Jefferson
| Nohah | |
| tranquillo | |
| De tranquillitāte animi |
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