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Quotes About Calm

Peace above all, even above love.
~ Laure Lacornette
It finally was entirely silent and I inhaled and breathed its magical peace...
~ Oksana Rus
No man can have true sympathy who has not been, in some measure at least, "a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief," but the sorrow and grief must have passed, must have ripened into a fixed kindness and habitual calm.
~ Napoleon Hill
We are gliding into disorder, but not necessarily bad disorder. This implies that we will see more periods of calm and stability, with most problems concentrated into a small number of Black Swans.
~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb
But you need to remain understated and maintain an Olympian calm in front of others.
~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb
He thought of how calm he was. His calm was so perfect that he could not destroy it even by being conscious of it.
~ Nathanael West
How often is it the case that, when impossibilities have come to pass and dreams have condensed their misty substance into tangible realities, we find ourselves calm, and evenly coldly self-possessed, amid circumstances which it would have been a delirium of joy or agony to anticipate!
~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
Then she was sure of her, and tasted hours of quiet, sad, delicious happiness;
~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
Drink it! It may be less soothing than a sinless conscience. That I cannot give thee. But it will calm the swell and heaving of thy passion, like oil thrown on the waves of a tempestuous sea.
~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
How often is it the case that, when impossibilities have come to pass and dreams have condensed their misty substance into tangible realities, we find ourselves calm, and even coldly self-possessed, amid circumstances which it would have been a delirium of joy or agony to anticipate!
~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
In time, all storms settle to a pleasant breeze.
~ Neal Shusterman
I'm Switzerland; neutral as can be, and also with great chocolate.
~ Neal Shusterman
You are so obtuse! Brontë says, exasperated. I am calm in my response. Do you mean stupid, or angular? You need to be more specific with your insults.
~ Neal Shusterman
And so, as the mob backs away to give them space... as the riot police holster their weapons, standing down, and as Risa takes the podium, calming the crowd with a voice as soothing as a sonata, Connor Lassiter holds his family like he'll never let them go.
~ Neal Shusterman
As far as authority is concerned, calm people quietly dying is a lot easier to deal with than angry people fighting for their lives.
~ Neal Shusterman
True solace can be worth it's weight in gold.
~ Neal Shusterman
Bit by bit, they come to appreciate inner peace. Which is as it should be. In time, all storms settle to a pleasant breeze.
~ Neal Shusterman
In time, all storms settle to a pleasant breeze. —The Thunderhead
~ Neal Shusterman
Take it easy, Sadness. Settle down.
~ Charles Baudelaire
Be wise, Oh my sadness, be calmer.
~ Charles Baudelaire
Là, tout n'est qu'ordre et beauté, Luxe, calme et volupté.
~ Charles Baudelaire
be it peace or happiness let it enfold you
~ Charles Bukowski
There is no hurry. Time means nothing to you.
~ Charles Bukowski
I want quiet thunder.
~ Charles Bukowski