“It is wonderful to be in the country in a glass house, because no matter what happens out there, you're nice and safe, you know, cuddled in your little bed, and there it is, raging storms, snowing - wonderful.”
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Calm Quotes — page 38 of 276
“Remorse is the poison of life.”
“My work is always better when I am alone and follow my own impressions.”
“Of course, you can’t force your mind to be silent. That would be like trying to smooth ripples in water with a flatiron. Water becomes clear and calm only when left alone.”
“I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things.”
“When you're at peace with yourself and love your self, it is virtually impossible to do things to yourself that are destructive.”
“The moon shines bright. In such a night as this. When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees and they did make no noise, in such a night.”
“In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.”
“I mean everything's a lot more smoother. It's just calm. IN the beginning, I had the typical attitude of a young rapper makin money... ya know I was the partyin guy... I was the guy wit the girls... all the extra that came wit the game...it's up to the artist to know when to say when. You can't live that kind of lifestyle forever. ...I learn from the other people's mistake. I know when to say no. You learn to make the right decisions and pick the right choices. That's all that's really changed.”
“The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.”
“Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.”
“Heaven is where you'll be when you are okay right where you are.”
“There's nothing like sitting back and talking to your cows.”
“The saying goes, 'The sage rests, truly rests and is at ease.' This manifests itself in calmness and detachment, so that worries and distress cannot affect him, nothing unpleasant can disturb him, his Virtue is complete and his spirit is not stirred up.”
“Those who act with few desires are calm, without worry or fear.”
“Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.”
“You must let life flow naturally, for life’s secret is patience; you must stop pushing for change and allow things to unfold.”
“Above all, this country is our own. Nobody has to get up in the morning and worry what his neighbors think of him. Being a Jew is no problem here.”
“A good Cuban cigar closes the doors to the vulgarities of the world.”
“Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer. Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller and more of it can be taken in at a glance and a lack of harmony and proportion is more readily seen.”