Quotes About Calm

An evening walk gives the body and mind a chance to forgive the trials and tribulations of the day, to shed the rubbish and mental clutter before retiring for the night.

I hide myself in the quiet white of winter and nestle in her comforting folds of cold oblivion

I am grateful for the silence of winter mornings, for the beauty and wonder of the glint of sunlight in frost melting to dew, for the early-riser's peaceful solitude that sets a mood of thankfulness, hope, and calm for the dawning day.

Winter is simple no clutter, no color a blanket of snow reminds us to rest

Try not to worry, as it's sticky and hard to scrub off.

Worry is just curdled energy!

Worry bankrupts the spirit.

Internet meme, c. 2014

The wisest one-word sentence? Breathe.

Heatherlegh is the dearest doctor that ever was, and his invariable prescription to all his patients is, "lie low, go slow, and keep cool."

Anything can happen; this is the very rule of this universe! The best defence against this rule is this: Don't panic!

Breath calms the body. Breath calms the mind. Breath brings balance, to all of mankind. Our first breath coming in. Our last breath going out. Breath regulates life, of this there is no doubt. Breathe.

Clear sight results from a still mind

Meditation Before Medication

Presence calms the mind-body and soothes the heart

For a day, just for one day, Talk about that which disturbs no one And bring some peace into your Beautiful eyes.

We would like to believe that patience is a virtue. But is it? Not if it demands that we pretend to be calm when we feel agitated, that we not act the way we feel, that our behavior, instead of reflecting, hides our true feelings.

So, what do you do? - Nothing. - What kind of nothing? - The nothing kind of nothing.

Whenever the pressure of our complex city life thins my blood and numbs my brain, I seek relief in the trail and when I hear the coyote wailing to the yellow dawn, my cares fall from me - I am happy.

There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.

I know Tiger believed in the idea of the Package. It went along with the sense of destiny his father had passed to him- that he was put on this earth to do something extraordinary with his special qualities, to "let the legend grow" But those qualities, foremost among them an extraordinary ability to focus and stay calm under stress, also included selfishness, obsessiveness, stubbornness, coldness, ruthlessness, pettiness, and cheapness." (132)

Light produces space, distance, orientation, calm contemplation; it is the gift that makes no demands, the illumination capable of conquering without force.

Continue ye merry notes! The evening is mild, the sea is calm and bright as any mirror.

Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world.