“In solitude a dialogue always arises, because even in solitude there are always two.”
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Calm Quotes — page 248 of 276
“Clint Eastwood is a very soft-spoken, humble guy, actually, which helped put somebody like me at ease, who had never worked with somebody as huge as that. I'm sure that's not always the case with legendary people.”
“I just don't eat too much. That's never been my problem.”
“For a long time now I haven't existed. I'm utterly calm. No one distinguishes me from who I am. I just felt myself breath as if I'd done something new, or done it late. I'm beginning to be conscious of being conscious. Perhaps tomorrow I will wake up to myself and resume the course of my existence. I don't know if that will make more happy or less. I don't know anything.”
“But she is happiest alone. She is happiest alone.”
“St. Paul's Loomed like a bubble o'er the town.”
“The weather still continues charming.”
“Down the long and silent street, The dawn, with silver-sandaled feet, Crept like a frightened girl.”
“The bright dawn flooded the room, and swept the fantastic shadows into dusky corners, where they lay shuddering.”
“Sleep, nature's rest, divine tranquility, That brings peace to the mind.”
“There is no need of words; believe facts. [Lat., Non opus est verbis, credite rebus.]”
“The poet's labors are a work of joy, and require peace of mind.”
“Safety lies in the middle course. [Lat., Medio tutissimus ibis.]”
“Let others seek safety. Nothing is safer than misfortune, Where there's no fear of greater ill to come.”
“Pleasant is a rainy winter's day, within doors! The best study for such a day, or the best amusement,—call it which you will,—is a book of travels, describing scenes the most unlike that sombre one”
“We must not think too unkindly even of the east wind. It is not, perhaps, a wind to be loved, even in its benignest moods; but there are seasons when I delight to feel its breath upon my cheek, though it be never advisable to throw open my bosom and take it into my heart, as I would its gentle sisters of the south and west.”
“It is remarkable, that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most perfect quietude to the external regulations of society. The thoughts alone suffice them, without investing itself in the flesh and blood of action.”
“The expressive word "quiet" defines the dress, manners, bow, and even physiognomy of every true denizen of St. James and Bond street.”
“There is a gentle element, and man may breathe it with a calm, unruffled soul, and drink its living waters, till his heart is pure; and this is human happiness.”
“I've never considered myself cool, and I don't think I ever will be. Honestly, it's better that way. It's much less pressure.”