“When I'm running I don't have to talk to anybody and don't have to listen to anybody. This is a part of my day I can't do without.”
Calm feeling
Calm Quotes — page 254 of 276
“The unwaking world was as hushed as a deep forest.”
“Now for a good twelve-hour sleep, I told myself. Twelve solid hours. Let birds sing, let people go to work. Somewhere out there, a volcano might blow, Israeli commandos might decimate a Palestinian village. I couldn't stop it. I was going to sleep.”
“I've always liked libraries. They're quiet and full of books and full of knowledge.”
“It was a small room with dim light coming in the window, reminiscent of old Polish films.”
“Time passes slowly. Nobody says a word, everyone lost in quiet reading. One person sits at a desk jotting down notes, but the rest are sitting there silently, not moving, totally absorbed. Just like me.”
“There wasn't a cloud in the sky, no wind, and everything was quiet around us - all we could hear were birds chirping in the woods. The war seemed like something in a faraway land that had nothing to do with us. We sang songs as we hiked up the hill, sometimes imitating the birds we heard. Except for the fact that the war was still going on, it was a perfect morning.”
“I may not look it, but I can be a very patient guy. And killing time is one of my specialities.”
“What do I like about math? , When I've got figures in front of me, it relaxes me. Kind of like, everything fits where it belongs.”
“I’m me, and at the same time not me. That’s what it felt like. A very still, quiet feeling.”
“As long as I stared at the clock, at least the world remained in motion. Not a very consequential world, but in motion nonetheless. And as long as I knew the world was still in motion, I knew I existed. Not a very consequential existence, but an existence nonetheless. It struck me as wanting that someone should confirm his own existence only by the hands of an electric wall clock. There had to be a more cognitive means of confirmation. But try as I might, nothing less facile came to mind.”
“It's a quiet place, so people talk quietly," said Naoko. She made a neat pile of fish bones at the edge of her plate and dabbed at her mouth with a handkerchief. "There's no need to raise your voice here. You don't have to convince anybody of anything, and you don't have to attract anyone's attention.”
“It's my motto for life. 'Walk slowly; drink lots of water.”
“let the wind change direction a little bit, and their cries turned to whispers.”
“For me growing up, I've found that I don't really go out and party and I don't hang out - when I come home and I'm home, I'm a pretty chilled person.”
“Politeness of mind consists in thinking chaste and refined thoughts.”
“Houses are for private living, for friends, and for dogs.”
“I'm usually up at 6 A.M., even on the weekend.”
“I like to go home early, that's my thing. My idea of a pub crawl lasts from midday until 5 P.M., then I can go home, play with my kid, have tea and go to bed.”
“A calm environment is for after I finish work.”