“I like to see cats in movement. A galloping cat is a fine sight. See it cross the road in a streak, cursed by the drivers of motor cars and buses, dodging the butcher's bicycle, coming safe to the kerb and bellying under its home gate.”
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Calm Quotes — page 133 of 276
“That which is nearest is least observed. The Atman is the nearest of the near, therefore the careless and the unsteady mind gets no clue to it. But the person who is alert, calm, self-restrained, and discriminating ignores the external world and, diving more and more into the inner world, realizes the glory of the Atman and becomes great.”
“Stand upon the Atman, then only can we truly love the world. Take a very, very high stand; knowing our universal nature, we must look with perfect calmness upon all the panorama of the world.”
“I didn’t want any flowers, I only wanted To lie with my hands turned up and be utterly empty. How free it is, you have no idea how free—— The peacefulness is so big it dazes you, And it asks nothing, a name tag, a few trinkets. It is what the dead close on, finally; I imagine them Shutting their mouths on it, like a Communion tablet.”
“The floor seemed wonderfully solid. It was comforting to know I had fallen and could fall no farther.”
“When I am silent, I have thunder hidden inside.”
“This silence, this moment, every moment, If it's genuinely inside you, brings what you need.”
“Don't make the body do what the spirit does best, and don't put a big load on the spirit that the body could easily carry.”
“It is best to meet in a cul-de-sac, A palace of velvet With windows of mirrors. There one is safe, There are no family photographs, No rings through the nose, no cries.”
“Thinking about what songs are coming next instead of just relaxing, breathing and playing from my heart. Sometimes it can get to be almost like the enemy.”
“Now therefore, that my mind is free from all cares, and that I have obtained for myself assured leisure in peaceful solitude, I shall apply myself seriously and freely to the general destruction of all my former opinions.”
“The way to happiness is much, much easier to travel with people one can trust.”
“The narrow path had opened up suddenly onto the edge of a great black lake. Perched atop a high mountain on the other side, its windows sparkling in the starry sky, was a vast castle with many turrets and towers.”
“Let’s see . . . ah, yes, this is nice and cozy.” It was a broom cupboard.”
“For after the Battle comes quiet.”
“Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.”
“They weren't happy, and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale---and yet they weren't unhappy either. There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together.”
“I drink a lot of water and I never leave the house without putting on moisturizer and lip gloss.”
“I have a job that allows me not to look perfect all the time. I can just go looking the way I look, have my hair just any old type of way.”
“There's a balance in my life, there's reality and there's the part that looks really glamorous, but we're all just people in the end.”