Literary notes about Tranquillity (AI summary)
Tranquillity is employed in literature to evoke a multifaceted sense of calm—both internal and external—and is often contrasted with chaos or used to signify a state of order. In narrative works, it can depict a personal inner respite, as when characters yearn for or momentarily rediscover a state of mental peace ([1], [2], [3]), while in other contexts it illustrates the ordered, if sometimes fragile, stability of society and leadership ([4], [5], [6]). Additionally, its use in philosophical and classical texts expands the term to embody moral clarity and composure ([7], [8], [9]). Even in passages where tranquility is disrupted or faint, such as when it briefly emerges amidst turmoil ([10]), the word consistently underscores the essential, often idealized, quality of serenity as both a personal refuge and the backbone of civilized life.
- I yearned for mental tranquillity, health, fresh air, good food.
— from The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - A soul clear from prejudice has a marvellous advance towards tranquillity and repose.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne - I lay at the bottom of the boat, and, as I gazed on the cloudless blue sky, I seemed to drink in a tranquillity to which I had long been a stranger.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - Order and tranquillity reigned for the moment; the law was respected, and the people once more dreamed of wealth and happiness.
— from The Moors in Spain by Stanley Lane-Poole - The continuance of our tranquillity depends upon the compassion of our rivals.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke - 36 Their ambition, instead of disturbing the tranquillity of the state, was intimately connected with its safety and greatness.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - The peace of all things is the tranquillity of order.
— from The City of God, Volume II by Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine - This often thought upon, will much conduce to thy tranquillity.
— from Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius - The philosophical tranquillity may, indeed, be considered only as a branch of magnanimity.
— from An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals by David Hume - CHAPTER V. Another night of alternate tranquillity and turmoil.
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain
