“I lay in that tub on the seventeenth floor of this hotel for-women-only, high up over the jazz and push of New York, for near unto an hour, and I felt myself growing pure again. I don't believe in baptism or the waters of Jordan or anything like that, but I guess I feel about a hot bath the way those religious people feel about holy water.”
Calm feeling
Calm Quotes — page 191 of 276
“Between stimulus and response, there is a space, and when you take time to pray or make a cuppa, you don't have to live in reaction to a situation.”
“A place is yours when you know where all the roads go.”
“My own philosophy is that one should share what wisdom he has, one should help others to help themselves and one should keep going despite heavy weather, for there is always a calm ahead.”
“Everything was curved to fit the walls: the stove, the sink and the cupboards, and all of it had been painted with flowers, insects and birds in bright primary colours.”
“You have to have spent the night at sea, sitting in a life raft and looking at your watch, to know that the night is immeasurably longer than the day.”
“Letting go of stress means that you can enjoy your life.”
“She felt a little betrayed and sad, but presently a moving object came into sight. It was a huge horse-chestnut tree in full bloom bound for the Champs Elysees, strapped now into a long truck and simply shaking with laughter - like a lovely person in an undignified position yet confident none the less of being lovely. Looking at it with fascination, Rosemary identified herself with it, and laughed cheerfully with it, and everything all at once seemed gorgeous.”
“I'm a home girl. I like to stay home”
“I constantly work at maintaining balance. For me, my family comes first. If my family is taken care of, then everything else usually falls into place.”
“I like to [unplug] and enjoy being a human.”
“It is very grand to die in harness, but it is very pleasant to have the tight straps unbuckled and the heavy collar lifted from the neck and shoulders.”
“I'm pretty low-key; you'll often find me in jeans, a T-shirt and sweatshirt.”
“It's so important to have that independence. You know it yourself: Everyone needs evenings of their own.”
“I don't work out as much as I should, but I do believe that it's a healthy mind as well as a healthy body that keeps me fit, sound and calm.”
“Absolute calm is not the law of ocean. And it is the same with the ocean of life.”
“The one who does not stray away from her/his nature will live long.”
“I also go on long walks with my dog, a golden retriever named Breeze-and I work out with weights at a health club a couple of times a week.”
“Farewell! O Gandalf! May you ever appear where you are most needed and least expected!”
“Water becomes clear and transparent when in a quiescent stage. How much the more wonderful will be the mind of a sage when poised in quiescence! It is the mirror of heaven and earth, reflecting the ten thousand things.”