“In silence - and in self-defense - I figured things out in my own little way.”
Calm feeling
Calm Quotes — page 168 of 276
“It's so important to look relaxed.”
“The room was very quiet. I walked over to the TV set and turned it on to a dead channel-white noise at maximum decibels, a fine sound for sleeping, a powerful continuous hiss to drown out everything strange.”
“I am always safe, no matter which doorway I pass through.”
“I relax and enjoy life. I know that whatever I need to know is revealed to me in the perfect time and space sequence.”
“I have the strength to remain calm in the face of change.”
“I meditate each day. Going within alleviates tension and stress, and allows me to hear what the Universe wants me to know.”
“No matter where I am on this planet, I am always safe.”
“But peace, too, is a living thing and like all life it must wax and wane, accommodate, withstand trials, and undergo changes.”
“Those who direct the maximum force of their desires toward the center, toward true being, toward perfection, seem quieter than the passionate souls because the flame of their fervor cannot always be seen.”
“It so happened that Lucy, who found daily life rather chaotic, entered a more solid world when she opened the piano. She was then no longer either deferential or patronizing; no longer either a rebel or a slave.”
“If your mind is scattered, it is quite powerless.”
“Our state of mind plays a major role in our day-to-day experiences as well as our physical and mental well-being. If a person has a calm and stable mind, this influences his or her attitude and behavior in relation to others. In other words, if someone remains in a peaceful and tranquil state of mind, external surroundings can cause them only a limited disturbance.”
“Give your problem all the thought you possibly can before a solution is reached. But when the matter is settled and over with, worry not at all.”
“Dance and game are frivolous, unimportant down here; for "down here" is not their natural place. Here, they are a moment's rest from the life we were placed here to live. But in this world everything is upside down. That which, if it could be prolonged here, would be a truancy, is likest that which in a better country is the End of ends. Joy is the serious business of Heaven.”
“Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.”
“Yoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed And the energy directed into constructive channels.”
“The best remedy for disturbances is to let them run their course, for so they quiet down.”
“I realized that the world did not exist for my benefit. It followed that the ratio of pleasant and unpleasant things around me would not change. It wasn't up to me. It was clear that the best thing to do was to adopt a sort of muddled cheerfulness.”
“We don't have this huge footprint, we are less likely to be targeted as, you know, occupiers [in Afghanistan and Iraq].”