“It is only because you take your mind to be yourself, and make it dwell on what you are not, that you lose your sense of well-being.”
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Calm Quotes — page 208 of 276
“Like when you sit in front of a fire in winter — you are just there in front of the fire. You don't have to be smart or anything. The fire warms you.”
“You don't have to be smart or anything. The fire warms you.”
“And one day, this thing happened to me: I coughed, and the blood just came gushing out of my mouth. ... I still can't believe that that happened to me, but I sat there, and I said to God, 'Well, if it means I'm going to die, that's OK.' I don't think I've ever felt that same kind of peace, the kind of serenity that I felt after acknowledging that maybe I was going to die of this TB.”
“Home is the place where they have to take you in”
“It was in a way a comforting idea; if there was all the time in the world, then the happenings of a given moment became less important.”
“There were moments, of course. Those small spaces in time, too soon gone, when everything seems to stand still, and existence is balanced on a perfect point, like the moment of change between the dark and the light, and when both and neither surround you.”
“The mark of solitude is silence, as speech is the mark of community. Silence and speech have the same inner correspondence and difference as do solitude and community. One does not exist without the other. Right speech comes out of silence, and right silence comes out of speech.”
“The Lord stands above the new day, for God has made it. All restlessness, all worry, and anxiety flee before him.”
“Home is anywhere I hang my hair”
“I try not to go around looking like a hag.”
“First thing I do in the morning, after I have my breakfast and do my spiritual work, is put on my makeup and fix my hair, and I can do my makeup in 15 minutes.”
“We were restless for ages...After a while I heard an owl hooting and calmed myself by thinking of it flying over the dark fields – and then I remembered it would be pouncing on mice. I love owls, but I wish God had made them vegetarian.”
“I have noticed that rooms which are extra clean feel extra cold”
“Oh, comfortable cocoa!”
“The tea was a comfort - and by that time I more than needed comfort.”
“Dollywood is a family park, and all families are welcome. We do have a policy about profanity or controversial messages on clothing or signs. It is to protect the individual wearing or carrying them, as well as to keep down fights or problems by those opposed to it at the park.”
“I have a life outside the arenas.”
“In the stillness, a fly would not have dared clear it's throat.”
“It's been a moment since I've done some public speaking. I find now-a-days it's best to keep quiet.”