“Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.”
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Calm Quotes — page 102 of 276
“I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.”
“We all need time to enjoy being alive without an agenda of getting something done.”
“I will practice acceptance. Today I will accept people, situations, circumstances, and events as they occur. I will know that this moment is as it should be, because the whole universe is as it should be. I will not struggle against the whole universe by struggling against this moment. My acceptance is total and complete. I accept things as they are this moment, not as I wish they were.”
“Today I want to belong. I want to feel safe and at home. I want to be aware of what it is like simply to be, without defenses or desires. I will appreciate the flow of life for what it is-my own true self. I will notice those moments of intimacy with myself, when I feel that “I am” is enough to sustain me forever. I will lie on the grass at one with nature, expanding until my being fades into the infinite.”
“If you want to reach a state of Bliss - make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved and the need to judge.”
“As soon as my mother saw my father, she said, "Oh! I think I'm gonna marry that man." That's the reason I've been married four times, because I think it's that easy ... it really is not.”
“Where a people prays, there is the church; and where the church is; there is never loneliness.”
“Joy draws its nourishment from quietness and from the unfathomable.”
“Paradise is a state of mind.”
“You know how I play it, better safe than sorry 'stead of searching for substance at every single party.”
“The coffee was boiling over a charcoal fire, and large slices of bread and butter were piled one upon the other like deals in a lumber yard.”
“The bright, frosty day declined as they walked and spoke together. The sun dipped in the river far behind them, and the old city lay red before them, as their walk drew to a close. The moaning water cast its seaweed duskily at their feet, when they turned to leave its margin; and the rooks hovered above them with hoarse cries, darker splashes in the darkening air.”
“Rapidly, merrily, Life's sunny hours flit by, Gratefully, cheerily Enjoy them as they fly!”
“Talented people almost always know full well the excellence that is in them.”
“That to begin with; let respect be the foundation, affection the first floor, love the superstructure.”
“To you I am neither man nor woman. I come before you as an author only. It is the sole standard by which you have a right to judge me--the sole ground on which I accept your judgment.”
“In sunshine, in prosperity, the flowers are very well; but how many wet days are there in life—November seasons of disaster, when a man's hearth and home would be cold indeed, without the clear, cheering gleam of intellect.”
“When the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for a walk”
“I never talk about my wife: we're both in public professions but we try to keep our private life private.”