Quote#Peace
And thus I came through storm to peace, not to the peace of an…
Quote byAnnie Besant · 1847–1933
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Unclassified, Annie Besant, An Autobiography Chapter XIV.
English (original)
And thus I came through storm to peace, not to the peace of an untroubled sea of outer life, which no strong soul can crave, but to an inner peace that outer troubles may not avail to ruffle—a peace which belongs to the eternal not to the transitory, to the depths not to the shallows of life.
— Annie Besant
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