“He thought of how calm he was. His calm was so perfect that he could not destroy it even by being conscious of it.”
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Calm Quotes — page 121 of 276
“It was a morning of ground mist, yellow sunshine, and high rifts of blue, white-cloud-dappled sky. The leaves were still thick on the trees, but de-spangled gossamer threads hung on the bushes and the shrill little cries of unrest of the swallows skimming the green open park spaces of the park told of autumn and change.”
“Now the only thing I miss about sex is the cigarette afterward. Next to the first one in the morning, it's the best one of all. It tasted so good that even if I had been frigid I would have pretended otherwise just to be able to smoke it.”
“The focus and the concentration and the attention to detail that flying takes is a kind of meditation. I find it restful and engaging, and other things slip away.”
“He who, calm and clear as the moon, hankers no more for continuity-he is holy.”
“Don't give way to heedlessness or to intimacy with sensual delight - for a heedful person, absorbed in jhana, attains an abundance of ease.”
“There is a time for everything. There is a time when I sit down, I concentrate myself on the problem of my bills, but I would not worry before that. One thing at a time.”
“Meditation is offering your genuine presence to yourself in every moment.”
“Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.”
“A life of peace, purity and refinement leads to a calm and untroubled old age.”
“When the intellect and affections are in harmony; when intellectual consciousness is calm and deep; inspiration will not be confounded with fancy.”
“With that locker room I could sleep there after games.”
“There's a special feeling you get on a veranda that you just can't get anywhere else.”
“Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.”
“Habit is the beneficent harness of routine which enables silly men to live respectfully and unhappy men to live calmly”
“Nature is never other than serene even in a thunderstorm.”
“Plainly, the environment must be a living one, directed by a higher intelligence, arranged by an adult who is prepared for his mission.”
“Only in quietness do we possess our own minds and discover the resources of the Inner Life.”
“By all means use sometimes to be alone.”
“I began by doing physical yoga, initially just for the workout, as exercise. I would get peaceful and calm at the end of it, and I was curious about that.”