“The mind in itself wants nothing, unless it creates a want for itself; therefore it is both free from perturbation and unimpeded, if it does not perturb and impede itself.”
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Calm Quotes — page 253 of 276
“Thou seest how few be the things, the which if a man has at his command his life flows gently on and is divine.”
“Let thine occupations be few, saith the sage, if thou wouldst lead a tranquil life.”
“Wherever a man lives, he may live well.”
“Retire into thyself. The rational principle which rules has this nature, that it is content with itself when it does what is just, and so secures tranquility.”
“Men seek out retreats for themselves in the country, by the seaside, on the moutains . . . But all this is unphilosophical to the last degree . . . when thou canst at a moment's notice retire into thyself.”
“Each of us needs what nature gives us, when nature gives us.”
“Don't let your imagination to be crushed by life as a whole. Don't try to pictures everything bad that could possibly happen. Stick with the situation at hand. ...Then remind yourself that past and present have no power over you. Only the present.”
“There is no place more delightful than one's own fireside. Nullus est locus domestica sede jucundior.”
“To live long it is necessary to live slowly.”
“I went to Jamaica for six months, and in Jamaica there was a lot of stillness.”
“I really like oysters, and I won't eat them alone. They're just a weird thing to eat by yourself.”
“You do your work. You get up in the morning, you choose an outfit, you know? It doesn't have to be the best thing that you wear, you know what I mean? It's music, man. You do an album, complete it, and then musicians are on to the next thing. Nobody cares about how many units it sold as compared to the old one.”
“Even if things look very precise and very organized, chaos is always there. But I like the moment of chaos to be at the beginning. I cannot deal with the chaos at the end.”
“A child, not knowing what is extraordinary and what is commonplace, usually lights midway between the two, finds interest in incidents adults consider beneath notice, and calmly accepts the most improbable occurrences.”
“Be fully present for five minutes every day.”
“You're actually inside the surfboard... you're inside the landscape around you and the ocean is surging, you get totally inside the moment and it's so intense that time disappears, you disappear.”
“The mind is not, I know, a highway, but a temple, and its doors should not be carelessly left open.”
“Places like Ministry of Sound are too druggie for me. Smaller, local places are where it's at for me.”
“The thoughts that occur to me while I’m running are like clouds in the sky. Clouds of all different sizes. They come and they go, while the sky remains the same sky always. The clouds are mere guests in the sky that pass away and vanish, leaving behind the sky.”