“Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead let life live through you. And do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come?”
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Calm Quotes — page 14 of 276
“Health depends on being in harmony with our souls”
“There are things in your life which you are in control of, and those you're not. You need to not care about those things which you're not in control of, and when you come to really understand that, you can go from being really upset about something to that lovely feeling of being a kid where everything is okay.”
“Water in the boat is the ruin of the boat, but water under the boat is its support.”
“Make your heart like a lake, with calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.”
“Around me the trees stir in their leaves and call out, Stay awhile.”
“The rush and pressure of modern life are a form, perhaps the most common form, of contemporary violence. To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything, is to succumb to violence. The frenzy of our activity neutralizes our work for peace. It destroys our own inner capacity for peace. It destroys the fruitfulness of our own work, because it kills the root of inner wisdom which makes work fruitful.”
“There is no amount of money in the world that will make you comfortable if you are not comfortable with yourself.”
“We dance to reclaim our brilliant ability to disappear in something bigger, something safe, a space without a critic or a judge or an analyst.”
“Silence is something that comes from your heart, not from outside. Silence doesn't mean not talking and not doing things; it means that you are not disturbed inside. If you're truly silent, then no matter what situation you find yourself in you can enjoy the silence.”
“We would all like to be able to live an uncluttered life, a simple life, a good life.”
“So, to meditate is to purge the mind of its self-centered activity. And if you have come this far in meditation, you will find there is silence, a total emptiness. The mind is uncontaminated by society; it is no longer subject to any influence, to the pressure of any desire. It is completely alone, and being alone, untouched it is innocent. Therefore there is a possibility for that which is timeless, eternal, to come into being. This whole process is meditation.”
“The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.”
“I'm an old-fashioned guy... I want to be an old man with a beer belly sitting on a porch, looking at a lake or something.”
“Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.”
“Whatever happens in your life, joyful or painful, do not be swept away by reactivity. Be patient with yourself and don't lose your sense of perspective.”
“You can be on the cusp of something. Appreciate the cusp, not the something. Appreciate this moment now.”
“The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over the harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on.”
“The sky was a midnight-blue, like warm, deep, blue water, and the moon seemed to lie on it like a water-lily, floating forward with an invisible current.”
“Life was never meant to be a struggle, just a gentle progression from one point to another, much like walking through a valley on a sunny day.”