“One should always sleep in all of one's guest beds, to make sure that they are comfortable.”
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Calm Quotes — page 185 of 276
“The sky is so close to the sea that it is difficult to tell which is reflected in the other, which one needs the other, which one is dominating the other.”
“The appetite for silence is seldom an acquired taste.”
“In the sleeping state, instead, one is much more oneself, even if society never ceases to intervene.”
“In the spring mornings I would work early while my wife still slept. The windows were open wide and the cobbles of the street were drying after the rain.”
“I'm very much a creature of habit.”
“Surely the church is a place where one day's truce ought to be allowed to the dissensions and animosities of mankind.”
“I tend to have to just get away from it all, so it is nice when touring to be able to come home for a week or two and close the door and not really see anybody.”
“God would grant all of us wisdom, calm, and peace, that his presence would be in the operating room, and that his will might be done.”
“Spare when young, and spend when old.”
“If you would know contentment, let your deeds be few.”
“While the pressures of life are inevitable, if at the end of the day you are unable to completely let go of the day and return to a calm, centered inner state, you are overstressed.”
“The good thing about Pittsburgh, it's a good place to be raised... it doesn't tolerate assholes. You're either a good guy or you're a bad guy... When I'm in Los Angeles having these incredibly surreal moments where nobody's saying anything and everybody's talking incessantly, I always have that Pittsburgh voice in my head - shut up, smile, get the job, move on.”
“A fragrant breeze wandered up from the quiet sea, trailed along the beach, and drifted back to the sea again, wondering where to go next. On a mad impulse it went up to the beach again. It drifted back to sea.”
“I'm a pants girl. I just feel more comfortable in them.”
“Completely desist from defending your point of view. When you have no point to defend, you do not allow the birth of an argument. If you do this consistently - if you stop fighting and resisting - you will fully experience the present, which is a gift. Someone once told me, "The past is history, the future is a mystery, and this moment is a gift. That is why this moment is called 'the present'."”
“Mindfulness creates centered awareness. When you do one thing at a time, you're guaranteed excellent results. If you do too many things simultaneously, it messes up your neural circuits. Focus on one thing at a time.”
“A few moments of inner peace and quiet allows the brain to reset itself. You become more centered as this happens, since the brain is clearing out distractions and too much "cross talk."”
“Dawn's faint breath breathes with your mouth at the ends of empty streets. Gray light your eyes, sweet drops of dawn on dark hills. Your steps and breath like the wind of dawn smother houses. The city shudders, Stones exhale— you are life, an awakening. Star lost in the light of dawn, trill of the breeze, warmth, breath— the night is done. You are light and morning.”
“Wherever waves can roll, and winds can blow.”