“To grow old means to be rid of anxieties about the past.”
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Calm Quotes — page 190 of 276
“My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky; It's time to take the window to see Leerie going by; For every night at tea-time and before you take your seat, With lantern and with ladder he comes posting up the street.”
“Whenever the moon and stars are set, Whenever the wind is high, All night long in the dark and wet, A man goes riding by.”
“I have never seen the sea quiet round Treasure Island. The sun might blaze overhead, the air be without a breath, the surface smooth and blue, but still these great rollers would be running along all the external coast, thundering and thundering by day and night; and I scarce believe there is one spot in the island where a man would be out of earshot of their noise.”
“Being confined to a wheelchair doesn't bother me as my mind is free to roam the universe, but it felt wonderful to be weightless.”
“And she sees that the moonlight is losing its orange glow. It has become buttery, and will soon turn to silver.”
“In fact, it's even true to say that if you want to have a truly amazing life, relax your entire body.”
“On rides you see things that trigger ideas. And most the time it's just not doing anything but riding ... letting it all go.”
“The more you establish quiet time and mediation as part of your daily discipline, the more you go through the rotation into mirror (dream) worlds.”
“The ephemeral nature of live performance is the part I love most - it's a monk's sand painting, carefully constructed, then wiped away in an instant.”
“It is the calm, forgiving, equable, well-balanced mind that does the greatest amount of work.”
“See here, how fresh is the air, there is the Ganga, and the Sadhus (holy men) are practising meditation, and holding lofty talks! While the moment you will go to Calcutta, you will be thinking of nasty stuff.”
“The ideal person is he who, in the midst of the greatest silence and solitude, finds the intensest activity, and in the midst of the intensest activity finds the silence and solitude of the desert.”
“This is the central idea of the Gita- to be calm and steadfast in all circumstances, with one's body, mind, and soul centered at His hallowed feet!”
“There is no happiness until the mind is still. The cause of all sickness and sadness is the fluctuation of the mind.”
“The mirror of the heart must be clear, so you can discern the ugly from the beautiful.”
“The moon stays bright when it doesn't avoid the night.”
“Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river.”
“The day is conscious of itself.”
“Throw off your tiredness. Let me show you one tiny spot of the beauty that can't be spoken.”