"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 (1864-1912) British-born American essayist
Is tranquility a goal and if so is it achievable?
Thomas Jefferson leaves to question what he thinks.
"Tranquility is the old man's milk."
17th century British philosopher Thomas Hobbes does not mince words:
"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."
I see it being some of all of this while hoping it is not all of some of this.
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