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There is a materialistic serenity and a spiritual serenity. The first comes from the possession of money, property, position, or affection. The other comes from no outward possessions but from inward ones. The first can be shattered at a single blow; the other soon recovers.

-- Notebooks Category 24: The Peace within You > Chapter 3 : Practise Detachment > # 106