“I am simply just one monk. That's all.”
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Calm Quotes — page 198 of 276
“Close your eyes. You might try saying. . . something like this: "The sun is shining overhead. The sky is blue and sparkling. Nature is calm and in control of the world-and I, as nature's child, am in tune with the Universe." Or-better still-pray!”
“The return from the walk, and the arrival of tea, should be exactly coincident, and not later than a quarter past four.”
“Autumn is really the best of the seasons”
“Well, whatever they say, you don't feel like ghosts.”
“I'm afraid it's not much use to you, Mr. Rumblebuffin.' Not at all. Not at all.' said the giant politely. 'Never met a nicer hankerchee.”
“And there's one thing about this underground work, we shan't get any rain.”
“Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose.”
“The sleeping tortoise takes all its limbs into its carapace. So does the yogi: going back into himself he does not see anything worldly any longer, he makes peace in himself.”
“There must be relaxation in full extension.”
“[We should beware] that our democracy stays healthy. And making sure that we maintain that sense of solidarity.”
“I like my quiet time. There is a writer's sensibility in me sometimes, where I step back.”
“I think it's fair to say that my temperament is steady - and on the buoyant side.”
“One of my strengths is I have a pretty even temperament. I don't get too high when it's high and I don't get too low when it's low. And what I found during the course of the presidency, and I suppose this is true in life, is that investments and work that you make back here sometimes take a little longer than the 24-hour news cycle to bear fruit.”
“We can be civil to each other, and we can try to express ourselves acknowledging that we're all patriots, we're all Americans, and not assume the absolute worst in people's motives.”
“I try to make it a rule not to meddle in other people's politics.”
“Then there was a silence he had never before experienced: in it, you could hear the years.”
“Leave life alone. Let it be.”
“People are amazed to realize they can enjoy the moment rather than be stressed by it when hurrying to an appointment. You can enjoy the energy movement of the moment when you do not have a mental projection of a future moment you need to get to. You still know that you need to get there, but it is the secondary consideration.”
“A built-in reminder is the simple understanding that whenever any kind of unhappiness arises, you know you've lost the now. That's a built-in alarm clock. The moment you realize you've lost the now, come back to the now.”