“Home is a refuge not only from the world, but a refuge from my worries, my troubles, my concerns. I like beautiful things around me. I like to be beautiful because it delights my eyes and my soul is lifted up.”
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Calm Quotes — page 167 of 276
“I'm here, and I do my best to be completely centered at the place I'm at, then I go forward to the next place.”
“Flowers and plants are silent presences. They nourish every sense except the ear.”
“In Wall Street now, you have to hide what you're doing. It's more fun when you don't have to do that. But I don't think its sense of purpose has changed at all.”
“Books are pleasant, but if by being over-studious we impair our health and spoil our good humour, two of the best things we have, let us give it over. I, for my part, am one of those who think no fruit derived from them can recompense so great a loss.”
“We're all bombarded with so many dietary messages that it's hard to find time to sort through all this information, but we do have time to take a look at our kids' plates.”
“I had rather munch a crust of brown bread and an onion in a corner, without any more ado, or ceremony, than feed upon turkey at another man's table.”
“All is wholesome in the absence of excess.”
“I live. I travel. I eat. I pray. These are the things I do. I'd rather be in my condition than be a man with four children in a four-bedroom house, working hard every day to pay for his house, taking his children to school.”
“I'm very comfortable being at home and keeping my head down, really. It's nice being invited to night clubs and stuff, which is nice once in a while, but I prefer to kind of keep to myself.”
“Vicksburg lies on top of a bluff on the east side of a large tongue of land jutting out into the Mississippi.”
“In the midst of these hard times it is our good health and good sleep that are enjoyable.”
“Postural exercises such as yoga, Pilates, Egoscues, Alexander technique and martial arts are about avoiding pain and injury as much as helping you feel good. Attractive men and women have good posture.”
“Almost all negative moods are missing one key element - calm. By learning calm, you learn to deal with difficult areas. Calm allows us to achieve what we want, without being overwhelmed by anxiety.”
“There is pleasure in the pathless woods.”
“All Heaven and Earth are still, though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling most.”
“The place is very well and quiet and the children only scream in a low voice.”
“A quiet conscience makes one so serene.”
“Letter writing is the only device combining solitude with good company.”
“There's nothing more comfortable than a cosy flower pattern.”