Quotes About Calm
I woke to the sound of rain.
~ Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
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Let peace and beauty reign.
~ Moby
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The night is my best friend. It calms the storm in my soul and it lets the guiding stars rise.
~ Joseph Goebbels
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The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.
~ Joseph Joubert
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He who keeps his cool best wins.
~ Norman Cousins
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Patience is the best medicine.
~ John Florio
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Invariably our best nights were those when it rained.
~ Henry David Thoreau
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getting the knack of relaxing in the midst of chaos, learning not to panic—this is the spiritual path.
~ Pema Chodron
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Sitting meditation begins with good posture.
~ Pema Chodron
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In sitting meditation, our practice is to watch our thoughts arise, label them "thinking," and return to the breath.
~ Pema Chodron
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But in this meditation technique, we are with the out-breath; there's no particular instruction about what to do until the next out-breath.
~ Pema Chodron
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Then I remembered: sitting still in the middle of a fire or a tornado or an earthquake or a tidal wave, sitting still. This provides the opportunity to experience once again the living quality of our life's energy—earth, air, fire, and water.
~ Pema Chodron
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One thing that is very helpful is to cultivate an overall sense of relaxation while you are doing the meditation.
~ Pema Chodron
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As he rested in the great hollow shell of tranquility and light, listening to its silence, it dawned upon him that 'empty' was the wrong word for this place. It was as full as could be: full of silence, full of light, full of peace. There
~ Unknown
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Spiritual rest comes through faith.
~ Unknown
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Peace at least. All that was dross and residue vanishes from my soul as if it had never been. I'm alone and calm. It's like the moment when I could theoretically convert to a religion. But although I'm no longer attracted to anything down here, I'm also not attracted to anything up above. I feel free, as if I'd ceased to exist and were conscious of that fact.
~ Unknown
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A well-managed plant, I soon learned, is a quiet place. A factory that is "dramatic," a factory in which the "epic of industry" is unfolded before the visitor's eyes, is poorly managed. A well-managed factory is boring. Nothing exciting happens in it because the crises have been anticipated and have been converted into routine.
~ Peter F. Drucker
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Sunday has a calming influence on the French motorist.... Tomorrow he will take up the mantle of the kamikaze pilot once again, but today it is Sunday in Provence, and life it to be enjoyed.
~ Peter Mayle
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I'd have a nervous breakdown except that I've been through this too many times to be nervous.
~ Peter McWilliams
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But theres only so much a player can absorb when his body is pulsing with adrenaline. This is not a good time for deep left brain discussion. It's the moment to calm the player's minds and strengthen their spiritual connection with one another before they head into battle.
~ Phil Jackson
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The gentle sounds of the choir singing Amen, amen are not to calm the congregation but to pacify the god.
~ Philip K. Dick
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You're not going to be able to hunt androids any longer," she said calmly. "So don't look sad. Please.
~ Philip K. Dick
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Quando você é louco, aprende a ficar calado.
~ Philip K. Dick
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Lee was too cool by nature to rage at fate; his manner was to raise an eyebrow and greet it laconically.
~ Philip Pullman
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