Quotes About Calm

There are essentially three stages in learning how to meditate. In the beginning you are simply trying to ignore thought.

High performance leaders know they have to breathe out when they are coming up for air.

Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.

Stand through life firm as a rock in the sea, undisturbed and unmoved by its ever-rising waves

Life can change your directions, even when you ain't planned it. All you can do is handle it, worst thing you can do is panic.

There came another explosion, and Jonathan flinched, but Mamoud moved not at all, and somehow his calm steadied Jonathan. He had the demeanor of a doctor or a civil servant, in a useful way.

To smell mixed with the strong coffee the faint pleasant scent of cedar from the ceiling's wooden beams. To be quiet and still and have all thought be channeled into observing the lives of creatures that stirred only after Sam had gone to sleep. It felt, over time, like not just a distraction but being part of something that as yet required nothing from her.

We couldn't imagine the emptiness of a creature who put a razor to her wrists and opened her veins, the emptiness and the calm.

I'm just a girl Jake" "I think you're that, and much, much more." Another long moment. Lily found herself returning his smile, finding her own sense of knowing. And suddenly she felt at ease, a sense of mysterious calm.

You have nothing to gain by freaking out.

Yoga calms me down. It's a therapy session, a workout, and meditation all at the same time!

It seemed like the only way to keep breathing was to focus on the here and now, moment by moment, keeping my mind frozen cold to anything else.

water laughing softly down a black stone wall.

could practically hear Henry's subtle, pointed smile in response to those words. "Then you don't need to worry about me," he said. "Do you?

I can feel the worries fading away. I'm relaxed and happy—happier than I've been in a while. I am in the moment. I am here.

Quiet and calculating. He hasn't changed that much since. Always mild-mannered, the nice guy—until someone steps over the line and challenges him.

I've learned if you're ever angry enough to hit somebody, don't do it. Cool down and get yourself a pistol.

That was the essence of the good feeling: to be able to remain calm and relax while he was keyed up and confident. Never panic. Never run. Face whatever had to be faced. Be practical, reasonable, up to a point. And if reason doesn't work, get up and kick it in the teeth. Whatever the problem is.

My ancestors kept on breaking their necks searching the ground at their feet for buried treasure, and I too had found what I had sought for so long by gazing above my head and discovering my brothers from outer space who had restored my calm. Why should I be expected, alone among all my fathers and grandfathers, as I sat there on that stake, to submit my fate to the laws of nature and the rules of logic?

Le soleil mentait, quand il se couchait si doux et si calme, au milieu de la grande sérénité du soir.

It was a peaceful, sunny death, a sleep without end in the calm of the countryside.

se reposant de tout un après-midi de flânerie.

Besides, with this creed, I can so clearly distinguish between the criminal and his crime, I can so sincerely forgive the first while I abhor the last; with this creed, revenge never worries my heart, degradation never too deeply disgusts me, injustice never crushes me too low; I live in calm, looking to the end.

Me pregunte, asombrado, como habia quien pudiera atribuir un descanso atormentaddo a los que duermen en la serenidad de aquella tierra tan tranquila