“Each point I play is in the now moment. The last point means nothing, the next point means nothing.”
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Calm Quotes — page 215 of 276
“All mankind's troubles are caused by one single thing, which is their inability to sit quietly.”
“I like just having that separation between my music life and my personal life.”
“I'm not the kind of person who thrives in "the scene." I know that when this is all over, and I'm no longer cool, I'm going to be just as happy because I'm going to be at home.”
“Oh, the inmates and the prisoners I found they were my kind And it was there inside the bars I found my peace of mind But the jails they were too crowded Institutions overflowed So they turned me loose to walk upon Life's hurried tangled road”
“My normal writing day involves three hours of actual writing, before noon, and the rest is just feeding the writing. There is teaching (so I can afford to write), travel to be planned and executed. There are dozens of emails daily, gardening, lots of dishes (where do all these dishes come from?), daily family emergencies, and, of course, the petting of the donkeys. The smell of donkeys is heavenly, and their he-honking is the sweetest music. I feel calm just thinking about them.”
“The whole wide world is a cathedral; I stand inside, the air is calm, And from afar at times there reaches My ear the echo of a psalm.”
“You now have permission to be strong and healthy and calm and relaxed. There's no place else to go. There's nothing else to do.”
“This very deep, soothing voice came on, saying: "You now have permission to be strong and healthy and calm and relaxed. There's no place else to go. There's nothing else to do." I could feel it in every cell of my body, and I immediately realized, there's something here. I could feel my heart rate slow down. I could feel stress melting out of my body.”
“Let pressure pass over and through you. That way you can't be harmed by it.”
“The reality is we all have to work together to make it work. We're going to be congenial with everyone. We're not telling people to park on the street.”
“Now, there is no harm in a teapot, even if it contains tea, if it is let alone.”
“Settle back is to settle without knowing.”
“The Jersey Shore is the kind of place where the policeman has a little cottage that might have been in the family for years and many other people call home.”
“I live in a state of grace, where I don't have to know.”
“It's just a constant thing when the mind starts to wake up to itself.”
“I eat as often as I can. I'll eat even if I don't feel like eating.”
“How can we embrace rest and play if we've tied our self-worth to what we produce?”
“I've learned to take care of myself. You know, I try to stay conscious of whatever my energy is at all times, really. I mean, I come home from work, and, depending on the day or depending on what was going on, if I needed to adjust, I'd just meditate, or play guitar, or watch some Monty Python.”
“Nature is a really big part of our lives.”