Or you might — a deeper challenge — presuppose the existence of an essential temperamental and creative schism between two giants upon learning that "tranquil" and its variants ("tranquility," "tranquilizing," etc).
No irritating Marxism was allowed to disturb the deep, unquestioned political tranquility that professors embedded in Yale's graduate economics curriculum.
This gorgeous vocal arrangement features "harmonies inspired by the Buddhist mantra 'Om mani padme hum' for deep transformation and tranquility," according to Winther's YouTube channel.
As a distinguished commentator puts it: "The concept sabi carries not only the meaning 'aged' in the sense of 'ripe with experience and insight' as well as 'infused with the patina that lends old things their beauty' but also that of tranquility, aloneness, deep solitude" (Hammitzsch, 46).
There's a deep sense of peace and tranquility here; as if summer itself has somehow been captured in a glass jar, and the lid firmly sealed.
Taste, even if for no more than a second, the deep state of peace and tranquility you would have if you calmed the raging tempest inside, reminded yourself of your value, set your sights back on the prize -- achieve your goals, rather than accumulate unnecessary anvils that will only weigh you down along the way -- and instituted a few new habits.
The seeming tranquility, however, belies deep-seated structural changes that may yet destabilize the monarchy.
The Dalai Lama claims that peace is more than the absence of war and he connects his vision of world peace to peacefulness as a state of mind: "peace is a state of tranquility founded on the deep sense of security that arises from mutual understanding, tolerance of others' point of view, and respect for their rights" (Dalai Lama, 202).
And there is a tranquility, coziness and a deep spruce scent that imbues every corridor, every corner, every nook.
