Quotes About Calmness

I felt a calmness birds can bring to people; and, quieted, I sensed here the outlines of the oldest mysteries: the nature and extent of space, the fall of light from the heavens, the pooling of time in the present, as if it were water.

She felt a calmness in him now, a centered lack of fear, that touched her heart with love, and with some queer darkness, as well. He was so different, her son, so special . . . but the world did not love people like that. The world tried to root them out, like tares from a garden.

Someone inquired of a Hindu who had a great serenity and peace about him, no matter what pressures were put upon him, "How do you maintain that serenity and peace?" His answer: "I never leave my place of meditation." Every morning he meditated for thirty minutes. Then in his mind and heart he never left it—he maintained the spirit of that place all during his public life and pressures.

I love tranquil solitude.

Stand upon the Atman, then only can we truly love the world. Take a very, very high stand; knowing our universal nature, we must look with perfect calmness upon all the panorama of the world.

So, attend carefully to your posture. Quit drooping and hunching around. Speak your mind. Put your desires forward, as if you had a right to them—at least the same right as others. Walk tall and gaze forthrightly ahead. Dare to be dangerous. Encourage the serotonin to flow plentifully through the neural pathways desperate for its calming influence.

So, attend carefully to your posture. Quit drooping and hunching around. Speak your mind. Put your desires forward, as if you had a right to them — at least the same right as others. Walk tall and gaze forthrightly ahead. Dare to be dangerous. Encourage the serotonin to flow plentifully through neural pathways desperate for its calming influence.

Custava-lhe esforço aquela decência tranqüila, aquela face calma — nervosa, no cansaço da noite maldormida, da luta inglória contra o desejo em brasa de seu ventre. Por fora água parada, por dentro uma fogueira acesa.

Whether zeal or moderation be the point we aim at, let us keep the fire out of the one, and the frost out of the other.

To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.

All is calm, all is bright.

She sat still and silent, gazing unblinkingly at Mothermouth.

I'm going to die whatever you do, but I'm not afraid.

It was pointless to worry about problems I didn't yet have.

Nonchalance is the ability to remain down to earth when everything else is up in the air.

Always remember that your calmness under fire is your best defense in any argument or discussion.

It is now for the Catholic Church to bend herself to her work with calmness and generosity. It is for you to observe her with renewed and friendly attention.

I'm so glad I'm not 20 years old anymore. I was in a hurricane. I'm a lot calmer now. I don't cause destruction for myself and others everywhere I go.

If I could give my teenaged self any advice, it would be 'Calm down!'

Have some more tea, dear," Hester said, reaching for the pot and refilling my cup. "I always find that helps.

Do not speak quickly; it is a sign of insanity.

Try to be like the turtle - at ease in your own shell.

The time to pray is beforehand, as Jesus did, crying out to God in private times when nothing is going wrong. That's how to store up power and create an inner atmosphere of peace and faith that you take with you into the troubling situation.

The more relaxed you are, the better you are at everything: the better you are with your loved ones, the better you are with your enemies, the better you are at your job, the better you are with yourself.