“I'm not really into gourmet food; I'm the kind of guy who just stops by a place that looks good rather than heading for the restaurant of the moment.”
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Calm Quotes — page 161 of 276
“Walking is great to be used as an exercise program.”
“In old days there were angels who came and took men by the hand and led them away from the city of destruction. We see no white-winged angels now. But yet men are led away from threatening destruction: a hand is put into theirs, which leads them forth gently towards a calm and bright land, so that they look no more backward; and the hand may be a little child's.”
“I have been hunted for twenty-one years. I have literally lived in the saddle. I have never known a day of perfect peace.”
“I use technology for communication, but I don't have a Blackberry or an iPhone. I use an outdated cell phone, but I'm fine with it.”
“Touch each object as if tomorrow you would never be able to feel anything again.”
“He hath no leisure who useth it not.”
“A garden must be looked unto and dressed as the body.”
“I'm a tidy sort of bloke. I don't like chaos. I kept records in the record rack, tea in the tea caddy, and pot in the pot box.”
“I've always wanted to lead an ordered, relatively conventional and private life.”
“So it's the unwinding of your nervous system. The corresponding experience to what winds you up comes out in your dreams. To write a song then, even one like Don't Bother Me, helps to get rid of some subconscious burden. Writing a song is like going to confession.”
“A cloudburst doesn't last all day. . .”
“Remember now, Cheers, no tears.”
“Music makes me forget myself, my true condition, it carries me off into another state of being, one that isn't my own.”
“There is no need to drag yourself through life, let go of the struggle & give yourself the time & love to find balance.”
“The morning had dawned clear and cold, with a crispness that hinted at the end of summer.”
“What do you like to do?” She scuffed a toe amongst the rushes. “Needlework.” “Very restful, isn’t it?” “Well,” said Arya, “not the way I do it.”
“I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private wealth I should decline, or any sort of personal possessions, because they would take away my liberty.”
“nature has not changed. The night is still unsullied, the stars still twinkle, and the wild thyme smells as sweetly now as it did then ... We may be afflicted and unhappy, but no one can take from us the sweet delight which is nature's gift to those who love her and her poetry.”
“Life is always uncertain, and common prudence dictates to every man the necessity of settling his temporal concerns, while it is in his power, and while the mind is calm and undisturbed.”