Quotes About Calm

the beauty of doing nothing

The only place the mind will ever find peace is inside the silence of the heart.

Make space for all these paradoxes to be equally true inside your soul, and I promise—you can make anything. So please calm down now and get back to work, okay? The treasures that are hidden inside you are hoping you will say yes.

But how should we find peace within ourselves?" I asked Ketut. "Meditation," he said. "Purpose of meditation is only happiness and peace—very easy. Today

Currents of humid wind swept down the mountainside. The air across the beach snapped and shimmied, like a bedsheet shaken out - as though the beach itself were shaking off the violence that had just been visited upon it. Then a humid calm would prevail, for a few hours or a few days, until another storm rolled in.

no vemos nuestro reflejo en el agua en movimiento, sino en el agua quieta.

Don't panic. Panic will kill you when nothing else wants to.

Panic will kill you, even when nothing else wants to.

With effort, I brought my natural self-discipline to bear on each day, and each day calmed me further.

The aromas of lavender, chamomile, jasmine, sweet orange, and vanilla have long been used to entice relaxation.

Create a cozy resting place with a blanket and pillow. Dim the lights or turn them off, and unplug any phones or devices that could disturb the peace. Turn on soft music or white noise. Sprinkle lavender scents and then bring your child to this restful room. Get your child settled and give him a massage or read a book, sing, or tell a story.

After your baby wakes up, keep him active and exposed to bright light. Tone down the activity, lights, and noise about a half hour before naptime to help your baby wind down and prepare for sleep. Keep the napping area dimly lit and free from loud or jarring noises.

right after the evening meal, as I am

to go into the garden in its snowed-up state is like going into a bath of purity. The first breath on opening the door is so ineffably pure that it makes me gasp, and I feel a black and sinful object in the midst of all the spotlessness.

the very way Mrs. Arbuthnot parted her hair suggested a great calm that could only proceed from wisdom.

For a great calm was now upon her, a delicious feeling of being new—as new and untouched as the fresh young morning itself. Sleep had held her in its arms, and smoothed out all yesterday's furrows. The night was gone, and out of its blackness had come this golden flower of day, with leaves rustling in the sun....

It was all quite easy and simple. No need to hustle, as she had been doing till dinner. An immense leisure was now to be hers for ever, and it was entirely her own silly fault if she upset it by rushing at things.

Outward calm prevailed in the room, subdued voices, the tranquillity of fancy-work, and the peace of albums; yet Anna could not avoid a chilled impression, a feeling as though each person present were distrustful of the others, and more or less on the defensive.

Properly practiced, knitting soothes the troubled spirit, and it doesn't hurt the untroubled spirit either.

I'm full of fears and I do my best to avoid difficulties and any kind of complications. I like everything around me to be clear as crystal and completely calm.

I long for some rest, free from thought.

Above all, we must abolish hope in the heart of man. A calm despair, without angry convulsions, without reproaches to Heaven, is the essence of wisdom.

I forgot the shaking of the willows in the windless calm, the humming overhead, everything except that I was waiting for an answer that I dreaded more than I can possibly explain.

Here was the stillness of eternity.