Quotes About Calmness

In these transparent-clouded, gentle skies, Wherethrough the moist beams of the soft June sun Might any moment break, no sorrow lies, No note of grief in swollen brooks that run, No hint of woe in this subdued, calm tone Of all the prospect unto dreamy eyes.

I always kept in mind my father's warning: "If he's bigger than you are, don't fight back. Use your head instead of your fists.

Sometimes heroism is nothing more than patience, curiosity, and a refusal to panic.

The least thing upset him on the links. He missed short putts because of the uproar of the butterflies in the adjoining meadows.

You don't want to get nervous or uptight. Nobody plays well that way.

Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.

I've always had a 'Work hard, play hard' attitude to life - I still do - but sometimes you get involved in something that needs a calm, methodical approach.

I do not take things to the heart. I calculate and I do what needs to be done. If I were to start acting emotionally, it would destroy my work.

When you expect the world to end at any moment, you know there is no need to hurry. You take your time, you do your work well.

Respond to others about your work with equanimity.

I look at basketball as like a storm. But it's the eye of the storm. The calmest place of it is to be right in the eye of it. And that's what basketball is for me; it's my eye. And while everything else around me is going on,' he continued, 'the destruction and things like that, basketball keeps me calm.

Cleaners are rule-breakers when they have to be; they only care about the end result. When things go wrong and everyone else starts to panic, the Cleaner is calm and unflappable, cool and steady, never too high or too low, never too happy or too depressed.

When you're with a girl, it's always best to act like you're an old hand at everything—not to impress her, but just to make sure she feels safe.

The biggest thing as I have gotten older is the calmness that's come over me.

I was never, ever once angry in the ring.

The seated lotus postures are an amazing way to go into meditation, or simply just to take a moment to ground oneself.

I drew a deepish breath.

You're sitting in the old arm-chair, thinking of this and that, and then suddenly you look up, and there he is. He moves from point to point with as little uproar as a jelly fish.

The body is a treacherous friend. Give it its due; no more. Pain and pleasure are transitory; endure all dualities with calmness, trying at the same time to remove yourself beyond their power. Imagination is the door through which disease as well as healing enters. Disbelieve in the reality of sickness even when you are ill; an unrecognized visitor will flee!

Apply the experiences of peace and poise received during concentration and meditation to your daily life. Maintain your equilibrium amidst trying circumstances, and stand unshaken by others' violent emotions or by adverse events. Body

We should pattern our life by a triangular guide: calmness and sweetness are the two sides; the base is happiness. Every day, one should remind himself: I am a prince of peace, sitting on the throne of poise, directing my kingdom of activity. Whether one acts quickly or slowly, in solitude or in the busy marts of men, his center should be peaceful, poised

Cleanliness is next to Godliness," but baptism of the body, unless followed by baptism of the mind, becomes practically meaningless. If we bathe and thus purify our bodies, we will find that our mind will temporarily become purified, but unless we change our soul's wickedness by calmness, and meditation, and constant spiritual vigilance, we will remain the same old devils with bad habits in spite of the temporary purifying effect of the water on our bodies.

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city."24

Pain and pleasure are transitory; endure all dualities with calmness, while trying at the same time to remove their hold. Imagination is the door through which disease as well as healing enters. Disbelieve in the reality of sickness even when you are ill; an unrecognized visitor will flee!