“When the mind is silent and quiet, then inner energies wake up and work miracles on your behalf without any conscious effort on your part.”
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Calm Quotes — page 210 of 276
“Meditation calms the mind, and when the mind is in a state of restful awareness, the body relaxes too.”
“During meditation, our breathing slows, our blood pressure and heart rate decrease, and stress hormone levels fall.”
“By connecting with the present we turn our attention inward, away from all the chaos and activity, and experience our eternal, unbounded nature.”
“When you focus on just one thing at a time, without rushing or procrastinating, you cultivate a sense of timeless awareness that creates feelings of calm and well-being.”
“Connecting to the feelings in your body brings you back into present-moment awareness.”
“While the mind lives in the past and the future, the body lives in the now.”
“Don't instantly throw yourself into external demands.”
“The most effective way to live in the flow of the timeless is meditation.”
“I always look forward to going for a walk in Rushcutters Bay Park, right down to the bottom where you can look in the clear water of the harbour. I use that time to clear my head and really focus my thoughts.”
“My workspace is a white room with a big computer monitor and a light box. It can be very messy. Sometimes I get into trouble with my husband for that. Then I run around like a lunatic cleaning up and creating the appearance of order.”
“I'm old enough to know that a red carpet's just a rug, and I've been able to enjoy the pageantry without letting it go to my head.”
“The act the act must not be a revenge. It must be a calm, weary renunciation, a closing of accounts, a private, rhythmic deed. The last remark.”
“When I know I have a huge shoot, I’ll just go into the sauna and steam out my face. Product-wise, I don’t really do much because I sometimes think products make me break out . I just use normal soap and water and moisturizer. My brows are really important to me but I’ve never plucked or waxed them. I’ll just fill them in with Anastasia brow kit.”
“A contented spirit is the sweetness of existence.”
“Up the two terrace flights of steps the rain ran wildly, and beat at the great door, like a swift messenger rousing those within;.”
“At last, in the dead of the night, when the street was very still indeed, Little Dorrit laid the heavy head upon her bosom, and soothed her to sleep. And thus she sat at the gate, as it were alone; looking up at the stars, and seeing the clouds pass over them in their wild flight-which was the dance at Little Dorrit's party.”
“... The sun does not shine upon this fair earth to meet frowning eyes, depend upon it.”
“When the moon shines very brilliantly, a solitude and stillness seem to proceed from her that influence even crowded places full of life.”
“The evening wind made such a disturbance just now, among some tall old elm-trees at the bottom of the garden, that neither my mother nor Miss Betsey could forbear glancing that way. As the elms bent to one another, like giants who were whispering secrets, and after a few seconds of such repose, fell into a violent flurry, tossing their wild arms about, as if their late confidences were really too wicked for their peace of mind.”