“Gracefulness cannot subsist without ease; delicacy is not debility; nor must a woman be sick in order to please. Infirmity, and sickness may excite our pity, but desire and pleasure require the bloom and vigor of health.”
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Calm Quotes — page 138 of 276
“Living in the present is the instant perception of beauty and the great delight in it without seeking pleasure from it.”
“Moderation is the key so I work certain amout of time and then I take a certain amount of time off.”
“The clouds are passing by slowly as the moon appears. Like the clouds, there are certain things which will disappear with the passing of time. And when it happens, you'll realize that it wasn't any big deal.”
“Merely to breathe freely does not mean to live.”
“Simply making myself aware of others has remarkably improved my social life. People accept me much faster now that I ignore them less.”
“Being at ease with himself put him at ease with the world.”
“You've seen the sun flatten and take strange shapes just before it sinks in the ocean. Do you have to tell yourself every time that it's an illusion caused by atmospheric dust and light distorted by the sea, or do you simply enjoy the beauty of it?”
“Evening of a hot day started the little wind to moving among the leaves. The shade climbed up the hills toward the top. On the sand banks the rabbits sat as quietly as little gray, sculptured stones.”
“Sir, this is a unique dog. He does not live by tooth or fang. He respects the right of cats to be cats although he doesn't admire them. He turns his steps rather than disturb an earnest caterpillar. His greatest fear is that someone will point out a rabbit and suggest that he chase it. This is a dog of peace and tranquility.”
“A certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale.”
“Contentment with life is not a feeling, but it is a decision we must make.”
“If I don't feel like writing today or for a few days, I don't. And I don't think about it. It is not an obligation-it is the greatest privilege.”
“Time, that aged nurse, Rocked me to patience.”
“Through buried paths, where sleepy twilight dreams The summer time away.”
“I don't need a lot of money. Simplicity is the answer for me.”
“Things take the time they take. don't worry. How many roads did St. Augustine follow before he became St. Augustine?”
“What can we do but keep on breathing in and out, modest and willing, and in our places?”
“Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition even if it be only the apparently innocent one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries.”
“We may act sophisticated and worldly but I believe we feel safest when we go inside ourselves and find home, a place where we belong and maybe the only place we really do.”