“The safety-valves of the heart, when too much pressure is laid on.”
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Calm Quotes — page 148 of 276
“Slowly, very slowly, like two unhurried compass needles, the feet turned towards the right; north, north-east, east, south-east, south, south-south-west; then paused, and after a few seconds, turned as unhurriedly back towards the left. South-south-west, south, south-east, east.”
“Winter does not work only on a broad scale; he is careful in trifles.”
“Night is the wonderful opportunity to take rest, to forgive, to smile, to get ready for all the battles that you have to fight tomorrow.”
“It’s just very homey in Ireland. It’s very comforting and comfortable. There’s lots of fireplaces with fires. It’s just really cozy.”
“At the end of any really long tour you need to get your head in order.”
“By being an elite athlete a lot of people think that you can go away or go places and get away with things. I'm more of the laid-back person. I don't have to go and skip the line. I don't have a problem waiting.”
“When you are an actor every day kind of morphs into one as there is no set structure to my job.”
“Short naps are good. Given modern workplace demands, this is not possible for many people - but if you have the option, try napping for ten to twenty minutes in the afternoon, preferably lying down in a darkened room.”
“I like church. It's empty when I go. I walk around. There are so many beautiful Catholic churches in New York.”
“As artists, we like night more than day sometimes.”
“Growing older doesnt bother me.”
“I don't want something special. I want something beautifully plain.”
“There's something wonderful about drinking in the afternoon. A not-too-cold pint, absolutely alone at the bar - even in this fake-ass Irish pub.”
“I have been truly blessed with the ability to compartmentalize the many competing agendas in my mind. Because of this I can shut it off and enjoy the moment.”
“I could only relax when there was just one tiny white last spot left. I could see more clearly. I could grasp the shape of the picture again... The pictures are alive because of the white remnant, the almost concealment.”
“Not to go to the theater is like making one's toilet without a mirror.”
“Some of the most relaxing weekends I have ever enjoyed were those I spent quietly with a sense of all work to date completed, and an absorbing mystery.”
“She knew that she could not have reached this white serenity except as the sum of all the colors, of all the violence she had known.”
“Meditation, yoga, and walks are all ways to regulate our stress and reconnect.”