“Not a word passes between us, not because we have nothing to say, but because we don't have to say anything”
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Calm Quotes — page 33 of 276
“Contentment is not by addition but by subtraction: seeking to add a thing will not bring contentment. Instead, subtracting from your desires until you are satisfied only with Christ brings contentment.”
“It’s a marvelous thing, the ocean. For some reason when two people sit together looking out at it, they stop caring whether they talk or stay silent. You never get tired of watching it. And no matter how rough the waves get, you’re never bothered by the noise the water makes by the commotion of the surface - it never seems too loud, or too wild.”
“Running water never grows stale.”
“Night, when words fade and things come alive.”
“Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.”
“Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow.”
“Finding the center of strength within ourselves is in the long run the best contribution we can make to our fellow men. ... One person with indigenous inner strength exercises a great calming effect on panic among people around him. This is what our society needs - not new ideas and inventions; important as these are, and not geniuses and supermen, but persons who can be, that is, persons who have a center of strength within themselves.”
“And the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss.”
“Well, I mean, taking time for your art is taking time for yourself, isn't it?”
“Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench. Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner. Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.”
“Exercise is the key not only to physical health but to peace of mind.”
“I can be calm and reflective from time to time and other times I can have a burst of energy, that's just me.”
“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says "Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.”
“The bed of flowers Loosens amain, The beauteous snowdrops Droop o'er the plain. The crocus opens Its glowing bud, Like emeralds others, Others, like blood. With saucy gesture Primroses flare, And roguish violets, Hidden with care; And whatsoever There stirs and strives, The Spring's contented, If works and thrives.”
“Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.”
“Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.”
“If a person's basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to overwhelm a painful physical experience.”
“Retire to the center of your being, which is calmness.”
“A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.”