“Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.”
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Calm Quotes — page 28 of 276
“The moment I stopped spending so much time chasing the big pleasure of life. I began to enjoy the little ones, like watching the stars dancing in moonlit sky or soaking in the sunbeams of a glorious summer morning.”
“But the trees seemed to know me. They whispered among themselves and beckoned me nearer.”
“A white flower grows in the quietness. Let your tongue become that flower.”
“I’ll read my books and I’ll drink coffee and I’ll listen to music, and I’ll bolt the door.”
“Always be mindful of the kindness and not the faults of others”
“Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music.”
“Patience, grasshopper," I counseled. "You don't want to seem overeager." "Right, that's why I said tomorrow," he said. "I want to see you again tonight. But I'm willing to wait all night and much of tomorrow.”
“Until things are brighter.. I'm the man in black.”
“The kingdom of God is just behind the darkness of closed eyes, and the first gate that opens to it is your peace.”
“There is a park that is known 4 the face it attracts colorful people whose hair On 1 side is swept back The smile on their faces It speaks of profound inner peace Ask where they're going They'll tell U nowhere They've taken a lifetime lease On Paisley Park.”
“When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it. It is not the things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance. Things and people are not what we wish them to be nor are they what they seem to be. They are what they are.”
“Sometimes the silence can be like thunder.”
“I opened the large central window of my office room to its full on the fine early May morning. Then I stood for a few moments, breathing in the soft, warm air that was charged with the scent of white lilacs below.”
“The concept of minimalism is to relax. Like a Zen monk in training, it is something that brings equilibrium to the heart. I don't necessarily think it has any problems, but if I were to force myself to name one, I would say that since the minimalist feeling already includes its own universe, I think it might kill the drive that we would otherwise have to commit the physically impossible and attempt to travel into outer space.”
“you are not too old and it is not too late to dive into your increasing depths where life calmly gives out it's own secret”
“Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame.”
“When you're driving, the helmet squashes your hair, so you don't really have a hairstyle. When you get out, you're sweating and your hair is a mess.”
“To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism - this is the art of living.”
“You touch things lightly or deeply; you move along because life herself moves, and you can’t stop it.”