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Quotes About Calmness

The Land where humanity has attained its highest towards gentleness, towards generosity, towards purity, towards calmness - it is India.
~ Swami Vivekananda
He who in the midst of intense activity finds himself in the greatest calmness, and in the greatest peace finds intense activity, that is the greatest [Yogi as well as the wisest man]" (note 2).
~ Swami Vivekananda
I've kind of developed an attitude where sometimes you've got to relax and you've got to go with the flow.
~ Caeleb Dressel
But, even when angry, she had a voice that would put finches in their place and lull them to silence.
~ S.D. Lawendowski, Snapped
There is nothing to fear. Nothing to worry about. Grieve nothing in this transitory world, " he says softly.
~ Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me
The man who keeps calm when the other fellow gets angry has infinitely the best of the matter.
~ Napoleon Hill
Kill the habit of worry, in all its forms, by reaching a general, blanket decision that nothing which life has to offer is worth the price of worry. With this decision will come poise, peace of mind, and calmness of thought which will bring happiness.
~ Napoleon Hill
Missing a train is only painful if you run after it!
~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Sometimes a man doesn't know what to do about things and sometimes it's best to lie very still and try not to think at all about anything.
~ Charles Bukowski
Having a bunch of cats around is good. If you're feeling bad, you just look at the cats, you'll feel better because they know that everything is just as it is. There's nothing to get excited about. They just know. They're saviours.
~ Charles Bukowski
Happiness is equilibrium. Shift your weight.
~ Tom Stoppard
Lo que tengo que hacer es meterme en la cama y no moverme. Quiero concentrarme en algo que sea inofensivo en este mundo.
~ Toni Morrison
What's wrong with silence? Listen to it, it's beautiful.
~ Kevin Brooks
Kes hoiab jala gaasipedaalil - säilitab külma närvi -, see võidab alati, kui eeldada, et vastane on terve mõistusega.
~ Kevin Dutton
No," said Father. "Just do the best you can and don't let it worry you. In that way you'll have a clear conscience and a tranquil heart.
~ Carol Ryrie Brink
No one can be so recollected, so tranquil, that he can be a contemplative in the world, a contemplative of Christ in his own heart, unless at the very outset he finds a cure for fear.
~ Caryll Houselander
No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.
~ George Jean Nathan
Quiet as a shadow Light as a feather Quick as a snake Calm as still water Smooth as summer silk Swift as a deer Slippery as an eel Strong as a bear Fierce as a wolverine Still as stone
~ George R.R. Martin
I wait with sullen resignation," said Tuf, unmoving.
~ George R.R. Martin
Rzeczy drobne wydajÄ… siÄ™ nieistotne, ale to one zapewniajÄ… nam spokój.
~ Georges Bernanos
If we could learn how to balance rest against effort, calmness against strain, quiet against turmoil, we would assure ourselves of joy in living and psychological health for life.
~ Josephine Rathbone
Vengeance is a dish that should be eaten cold.
~ English proverb
It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.
~ Henry David Thoreau
If you could once make up your mind never to undertake more work ... than you can carry on calmly, quietly, without hurry or flurry ... and if the instant you feel yourself growing nervous and ... out of breath, you would stop and take a breath, you would find this simple common-sense rule doing for you what no prayers or tears could ever accomplish.
~ Elizabeth Prentiss