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Quotes About Calm

Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.
~ Nhat Hanh
Smile, breathe and go slowly." - Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen monk, author and peace activist.
~ Nhat Hanh
Smile, breathe and go slowly.
~ Nhat Hanh
Your eyes smile peace.
~ Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Smile, breathe, go slowly.
~ Nhat Hanh
Don't think you have to be solemn to meditate. To meditate, well, you have to smile a lot.
~ Nhat Hanh
You know when people smile too much? It's painful. I find it really painful. Happy is not very reliable. I'm trying to live like, um, with a fierce calm.
~ Tori Amos
Smile, breathe, and go slowly. Thich Nhat Hanh Don't try to steer the river.
~ Deepak Chopra
Go slowly, breathe and smile.
~ Nhat Hanh
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.
~ A.A. Milne
I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
~ Abigail Adams
Good things happen slowly," said a doctor in the ICU months ago, "and bad things happen fast.
~ Abigail Thomas
Why do you stay here? What's here, Rory? Peace, quiet, birds. Lots of birds.
~ Adrian McKinty
She was composed. Calm. As calm as the sea, the grass, these old trees. She floated in the nowness of everything.
~ Adrian McKinty
It was a light, soft kiss. Just a peck, really, but the second her lips touched mine, everything inside of me went quiet. Everything in me steadied, calmed, warmed. It was like taking that first good sip of hot chocolate; not the one that burned your mouth, but the one after, when it had cooled to just the right temperature.
~ Adrian Page
I've learned one important lesson in my life, and I'm going to share it with you. Don't worry about bad things that haven't happened yet. It will save you a lot of anxiety.
~ Adriana Trigiani
There is nothing more peaceful than New York City at three A.M. It's the rest period before the madness begins at dawn.
~ Adriana Trigiani
Don't worry about bad things that haven't happened yet. It will save you a lot of anxiety.
~ Adriana Trigiani
Lay not the blame on me, O sailor, but on the winds. By nature I am as calm and safe as the land itself, but the winds fall upon me with their gusts and gales, and lash me into a fury that is not natural to me.
~ Aesop
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
~ Aesop
Walk soft, like whispers.
~ Aimee Bender
If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.
~ Ajahn Chah
Nature's kind trick is to make everything happen so slowly that we don't get as scared as we should.
~ Alain de Botton
Maturity' really means: being very unsurprised by, and calm around, pain and disappointment.
~ Alain de Botton