The first sighs for nothing but repose and liberty; he desires only to live, and to be exempt from labour; nay, the ataraxy of the most confirmed Stoic falls short of his consummate indifference for every other object.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation Of The Inequality Among Mankind] Reference

"Apathy -- ataraxy -- complete indifference -- is the highest aim after which the soul of the skeptic strives.    From Wordnik.com.  [Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works] Reference

Youth all around prancing, vociferating, mocking; callow and alien youth, having to be looked after and studied and taught, as though nothing but it mattered, term after term -- and now, all of a sudden, in mid-term, peace, ataraxy, a profound and leisured stillness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story] Reference

Youth all around prancing, vociferating, mocking; callow and alien youth, having to be looked after and studied and taught, as though nothing but it mattered, term after term -- and now, all of a sudden, in mid-term, peace, ataraxy, a profound and leisured still-ness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zuleika Dobson] Reference