“The calm, Cool face of the river, Asked me for a kiss”
Calm feeling
Calm Quotes — page 120 of 276
“ALL things in Nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfil their functions and make no claim.”
“Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.”
“...The sage, traveling all day, Does not lose sight of his baggage. Though there are beautiful things to be seen, He remains unattached and calm.”
“If you scramble about in search of inner peace, you will lose your inner peace.”
“Simple, like uncarved wood.”
“I never did feel any pressure in Jamaica. You just someone, not nobody big.”
“It makes no difference where you go ...there you are.”
“I've tried body surfing. It's nice.”
“Be quiet. Part of your responsibility is to honour the quiet inside yourself so you can hear the call.”
“There is no greater source of strength and power for me in my life than going still, being quiet and recognizing what real power is.”
“I never go anywhere. I do sketches and make phone calls, and people visit. It's more fun to come to Paris.”
“Swinging on delicate hinges the autumn leaf almost off the stem.”
“All the conscious decisions that I have taken in my life have never borne fruit. Not even come close! So, I am just very happy not planning.”
“The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.”
“And let me touch those curving claws of yellow ivory; and grasp the tail that like a monstrous asp coils round your heavy velvet paws.”
“Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but unremitting toil destroys both.”
“Time, motion and wine cause sleep.”
“Let what is irksome become habitual, no more will it trouble you.”
“The most wretched fortune is safe; for there is no fear of anything worse. [Lat., Fortuna miserrima tuta est: Nam timor eventus deterioris abest.]”