“My manner of living is plain and I do not mean to be put out of it. A glass of wine and a bit of mutton are always ready.”
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Calm Quotes — page 36 of 276
“To be silent the whole day long, see no newspaper, hear no radio, listen to no gossip, be thoroughly and completely lazy, thoroughly and completely indifferent to the fate of the world is the finest medicine a man can give himself.”
“Be truly present in the moment that you are in and don’t let life slip by unnoticed.”
“My home...It is my retreat and resting place from wars, I try to keep this corner as a haven against the tempest outside, as I do another corner in my soul.”
“In Hong Kong, Dallas, or at home —and regardless of whether or not I have been to bed — breakfast is a personal ritual that can only be properly observed alone, and in a spirit of genuine excess. The food factor should always be massive: four Bloody Marys, two grapefruits, a pot of coffee, Rangoon crepes, a half pound of either sausage, bacon, or corned beef hash with diced chilies , a Spanish omelette or eggs Benedict, a quart of milk, a chopped lemon for random seasoning, and something like a slice of Key lime pie, two margaritas, and six lines of the best cocaine for dessert.”
“Let's not allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. Remember "Life is too short to be little".”
“A truly peaceful mind is very sensitive, very aware.”
“Far clouds of feathery gold, Shaded with deepest purple, gleam Like islands on a dark blue sea.”
“It's important to read because it's really good for your vocabulary. It's really good for your imagination. I enjoy reading because I find it relaxing.”
“Be available for life to happen.”
“Your mind is a your temple, keep it beautiful and free. Don't let an egg get laid in it by something you can't see.”
“There are days I drop words of comfort on myself like falling leaves and remember that it is enough to be taken care of by myself.”
“Sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs.”
“Give me solitude, give me Nature, give me again O Nature your primal sanities!”
“At the still point, there the dance is.”
“It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.”
“The poor long for riches, the rich long for heaven, but the wise long for a state of tranquility.”
“I am in the mood to dissolve in the sky.”
“Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of mental laziness-lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.”
“What will happen from now on? It doesn't matter. I can only focus on what's happening to me in this moment.”