“It is dark now. The snow is deep blue and the ocean nearly black. It is time for some music.”
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Calm Quotes — page 139 of 276
“I neither complain of the past, nor do I fear the future.”
“If others surpass you in knowledge, in charm, in strength, in fortune, you have other causes to blame for it; but if you yield tothem in stoutness of heart you have only yourself to blame.”
“Trees in winter lose their leaves. Some trees may even fall during storms, but most stand patiently and bear their fortune.”
“When you meet your 'soul mate' you'll feel calm. No anxiety, No agitation.”
“I was raised in Mississippi, so heat and humidity is my bread and butter. It keeps me going. I can't stand cold weather.”
“In the West we have a tendency to be profit-oriented, where everything is measured according to the results and we get caught up in being more and more active to generate results. In the East-especially in India-I find that people are more content to just be, to just sit around under a banyan tree for half a day chatting to each other. We Westerners would probably call that wasting time. But there is value to it. Being with someone, listening without a clock and without anticipation of results, teaches us about love. The success of love is in the loving-it is not in the result of loving.”
“Mess is fairly good. It is like what is found in American hotels except for cake and pie.”
“My boat is on the shore, And my bark is on the sea.”
“To whom it may concern: It is springtime. It is late afternoon.”
“Books are always good company if you have the right sort.”
“It was still quiet in the house, and not a sound was heard from outside, either. Were it not for this silence, my reverie would probably have been disrupted by reminders of daily duties, of getting up and going to school.”
“I can think. I can wait. I can fast.”
“Once more I am the silent one who came out of the distance wrapped in cold rain and bells: I owe to earth's pure death the will to sprout.”
“notice the convulsed orange inch of moon perching on this silver minute of evening”
“Meanwhile myself et cetera lay quietly in the deep mud et cetera (dreaming, et cetera, of your smile eyes knees and of your Etcetera.)”
“Don't go fighting against the Spring.”
“At the moment they vanished they were everywhere, the cool benediction of the night descended, the stars sparkled, and the whole universe was a hill.”
“Then she lay on her back and gazed at the cloudless sky. Mr. Beebe, whose opinion of her rose daily, whispered to his niece that that was the proper way to behave if any little thing went wrong.”
“Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.”