“Still, the sun was hot. Still, one got over things. Still, life had a way of adding day to day”
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Calm Quotes — page 175 of 276
“I'd love to do yoga every day. I don't usually have time, but a few sun salutations go a long way.”
“The little owls call to each other with tremulous, quavering voices throughout the livelong night, as they sit in the creaking trees.”
“Myself is thus and so, and will continue thus and so. And why fight it? My balance comes from instability.”
“I feel that art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos.”
“There are times when the most practical thing is to lie down.”
“Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts.”
“You and I have formerly seen warm debates and high political passions. But gentlemen of different politics would then speak to each other and separate the business of the Senate from that of society. It is not so now. Men who have been intimate all their lives, cross the streets to avoid meeting, and turn their heads another way, lest they should be obliged to touch their hats. This may do for young men with whom passion is enjoyment. But it is afflicting to peaceable minds. Tranquility is the old man's milk.”
“There is no habit you will value so much as that of walking far without fatigue.”
“What I wear is pants. What I do is live. How I pray is breathe.”
“There should be at least a room or some corner where no one will find you and disturb you or notice you.”
“When you find a chillness upon your souls, and that your former heat begins to abate, ply yourselves with warm clothes, get those good books that may acquaint you with such truths as may warm and affect your hearts.”
“Alternating periods of activity and rest is necessary to survive, let alone thrive. Capacity, interest, and mental endurance all wax and wane. Plan accordingly.”
“I like to relax and lie in the water. It is the way I calm myself down. But every time I walk past my bathroom, I go in and I put on some perfume. I use different perfumes for different moods. If I feel that I need to calm down, I put on certain fragrances that are more sensual. If I feel that I need to energize, I put on something else. Fragrance for me is so important.”
“I find a bath meditative and usually prepare myself for the day in this manner.”
“Here's a two step formula for handling stress. Step number one: Don't sweat the small stuff. Step number two: Remember it's all small stuff.”
“He [Wladimir Klitschko] likes silence when he fights because it gives him time and room to think. He doesn't like things to get chaotic or crazy.”
“Refuse to let the thought of death bother you: nothing is grim when we have escaped that fear.”
“Refrain from following the example of those whose craving is for attention, not their own improvement.”
“I learned that a long walk and calm conversation are an incredible combination if you want to build a bridge.”