Quotes About Calm

Dreamed of maman again. She was telling me—O cruelty!—that I didn't really love her. But I took it calmly, because I was so sure it wasn't true. The idea that death would be a kind of sleep. But it would be horrible if we had to dream eternally. (And this morning, her birthday. I always gave her a rose. Bought two at the little market of Mers Sultan and put them on my desk)

No matter what the excitement, John retained his quietude and smiled on all occasions.

Even as a young man, Rockefeller was extremely composed in a crisis. In this respect, he was a natural leader: The more agitated others became, the calmer he grew.

Perhaps these daily rituals helped him to deal with underlying tensions that might otherwise have become ungovernable, for although he tried to project an air of unhurried calm, he was under terrific strain in creating his oil empire.

Then Reacher breathed out and raised a placatory don't-shoot palm, and he half-stood, slow and calm, unthreatening, the complete opposite of sudden, and he kept himself half-turned away from the guys with the guns, and half-turned toward the group on the sofa, and he said, "Come on, Emily, let's get this done. They're going to nail you one way or the other. Might as well make it easy on yourself.

He was calm. Just another night of business as usual in his long and spectacularly violent life.

chill. Ten minutes

way for a thousand generations. No point in getting all upset about it.

absolute stillness. The highway was deserted. There was no traffic.

contained. And equable.

There is no better sound than whom you adore when they are sleepy and pleased

Acceptance is the heart of the stoic approach: you can lessen emotional pain if you accept that the "worst" may happen and focus only on what you can do to respond

Just relax and breathe through your ass.

Scarce was the verdict spoken, When that still calm was broken, A childish form hath burst into the throng; With tears and looks of sadness, That bring no news of gladness, But tell too surely something hath gone wrong!

Ah, my dear! Let this be a lesson to you never to lose your temper!

The sky was Alice blue (one

I save my panic for small things.

Sleep is a fickle thing that has little to do with fatigue and everything to do with peace of mind.

Peace comes through acceptance.

The word worry is derived from an old Anglo-Saxon word meaning "to strangle or choke." The stranglehold of worry keeps a woman from enjoying a life of contentment and peace.

You remember the 'be quiet' part of the rules? Embrace it.

And so it began, not with thunderous noise, or drama, or a cataclysmic collapse, but with . . . silence.

Stay calm when things are hard or not going right with you. You will get through it when you persevere instead of quitting. Quitting leads to much less happiness in life than perseverance and hope. Salva Dut Rochester, New York

The acquirement and enjoyment of physical well-being, mental calm and spiritual peace are priceless to their possessors.