Quotes About Calmness

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The secret of getting things done quickly is not to hurry.

Sit down alone and in silence. Lower your head, shut your eyes, breathe out gently, and imagine yourself looking into your own heart. As you breathe out, say "Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me." Say it, moving your lips gently, or simply say it in your mind. Try to put all other thoughts aside. Be calm, be patient and repeat the process very frequently.

Och snön, den föll och föll.

He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.

build no barricades when no one attacks you. Don't excite tempests of heart and conscience merely to pacify your conscience and quiet your heart, now ruffled only by a tiny breeze.

Their arguments always went like this. The angrier Madeline got, the more freakishly calm Ed became, until he reached a point where he sounded like a hostage negotiator dealing with a lunatic and a ticking bomb. It was infuriating.

No fights. Life would be calm and uncomplicated.

Things aren't that simple," said Tiffany. "They are if we want them to be," said Vid. He swept up the final shards of glass and stood. "You're getting yourself all worked up over nothing. You're finding catastrophes.

I've learned that patience is something you don't "have"; you must create it yourself. It isn't a commodity doled out to all infants in varying amounts at birth. You learn (and earn) patience by making time for it, calming yourself down, relaxing, and letting it happen. The more you practice patience, the more you have. And the more you have, the easier it is to summon when you need it most.

There is a strong connection between our ability to use our hands in useful work, and our ability to find happiness in daily life... daily repetitive tasks (are) the compulsive calmness that infuses our pedestrian chores with poetry. - Annie Modessitt

Compulsive calmness indeed. When I was quitting smoking, I did this sort of thing all the time: jigsaw puzzles, crossword puzzles, needlepoint, knitting, solitaire. They are all forms of self-hypnosis, I think, and they make me dreamy and blank.

It definitely helps that I can bet big with ice water in my veins.

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain cool and unruffled under all circumstances. —Thomas Jefferson

agreed with George, and suggested that we should seek out some retired and old-world spot, far from the madding crowd, and dream away a sunny week among its drowsy lanes—some half-forgotten nook, hidden away by the fairies, out of reach of the noisy world—some quaint-perched eyrie on the cliffs of Time, from whence the surging waves of the nineteenth century would sound far-off and faint.

I'm a peaceful person once work ethic is established. If people are around me and whatever I'm doing is efficient, then I'm extremely peaceful.

Somehow kids are supposed to match the levels of calm and composure we might find in mature forty-seven-year-olds. Estimates

Don't worry about the intensity and direction of the putt -- until you get on the green!

No hay hombre capaz de avanzar seguro por su camino si no tiene el espíritu sereno.

Your central self is totally untouched By grief, confusion, desperation.

Rushing emotions have no more real power to sweep you away than a tiny brook can move a boulder.

Excitement is not enjoyment: in calmness lies true pleasure. The most precious wines are sipped, not bolted at a swallow.

It is with a certain lethargy that I let everything take its course.

What is pertinent is the calmness of beauty, its sense of restraint. It is as though the land knows of its own beauty, its own greatness, and feels no need to shout it.