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Quotes About Calm

In a moment he restrained himself so powerfully that the tempestuous heaving of his breast subsided, as turbulent and foaming waves yield to the sun's genial influence when the cloud has passed.
~ Alexandre Dumas
La terreur est une chose si peu raisonnée qu'elle s'excite ou se calme sans motifs plausibles.
~ Alexandre Dumas
A calm despair, without angry convulsions or reproaches directed at heaven, is the essence of wisdom.
~ Alfred de Vigny
Silence alone is great; all else is weakness.
~ Alfred de Vigny
Sleeping solves a lot of problems.
~ Alfred Slote
He stepped off the pavement like a man jumping off a bridge, as calm as a swimmer with an ocean out below. Lucy had known what he was going to do the instant their eyes met. She'd know what he intended because she would have done the very same thing if she'd had his courage. Nothing was going to break his fall.
~ Alice Hoffman
If a woman is in trouble, she should always wear blue for protection.
~ Alice Hoffman
The evening had turned sweet and blue.
~ Alice Hoffman
He's so kindhearted no dog has ever barked at him. No child has ever cried in front of him. No bee has ever tried to sting him.
~ Alice Hoffman
Drink chamomile tea to calm the spirit. Feed a cold and starve a fever. Read as many books as you can. Always choose courage. Never watch another woman burn. Know that love is the only answer.
~ Alice Hoffman
he saw love inside her. It looked like a dove, he said, but appearances could fool you. Some people mistakenly believed it was peaceful and calm, but that wasn't what love was. It was a wolf. If you open the door and call it inside, you must sink to your knees and say its name, you must do so whether you are cursed or not. That was the mystery Abraham had come to understand. Always and everywhere, love was the answer.
~ Alice Hoffman
a pretty little minnow...cool as rain, blue as heaven...
~ Alice Hoffman
Take deep breaths and hold them. Try to stay still for longer and longer periods of time. Make yourself small and like a stone. Curl the edges of yourself up and fold them under where no one else can see.
~ Alice Sebold
it was this inner peace that attracted peace around her.
~ Alice Walker
Now. Is this life or not? I be so calm. If she come, I be happy. If she don't, I be content.
~ Alice Walker
Now. Is this life or not? I be so calm. If she come, I be happy. If she don't, I be content. And then I figure this the lesson I was suppose to learn.
~ Alice Walker
relaxation is like drinking bourbon to get sober.
~ Allen Carr
Anger falling asleep at the heart
~ Allen Ginsberg
To thoughtful natures, events are like depth charges: the surface is calm, but the shock spreads further.
~ Amanda Craig
FRIENDSHIP, n. A ship big enough to carry two in fair weather, but only one in foul. The sea was calm and the sky was blue; Merrily, merrily sailed we two. (High barometer maketh glad.) On the tipsy ship, with a dreadful shout, The tempest descended and we fell out. (O the walking is nasty bad!) Armit Huff Bettle
~ Ambrose Bierce
There are few ills a good cup of tea won't help with.
~ Joe Abercrombie
And what eyes they were. Calm and blue as deep water. Bright as stars. Hard as hammered iron. And ruthless as a backstreet knifing. Javre
~ Joe Abercrombie
Observa con atención, habla en tono comedido, sonríe con dulzura, rodéate de amigos, ruega con fervor al Padre Paz que haya calma y ten las espadas a mano. —Órdenes
~ Joe Abercrombie
Er war stets so ruhig und gelassen wie frisch gefallener Schnee
~ Joe Abercrombie