“I have, as it were, my own sun and moon and stars, and a little world all to myself.”
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Calm Quotes — page 39 of 276
“When I can't handle events, I let them handle themselves.”
“And when you don't have to talk to the person next to you, that's real clean. Takes a certain thing not to try to keep anything up, not to have to entertain one another.”
“Come to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods.”
“Learn to be calm and you will always be happy.”
“Stop what you are doing long enough to enjoy the sunset, listen to a special song that lifts you up, or pick up the phone and share some special thought with a caring friend.”
“I lingered round them, under that benign sky; watched the moths fluttering among the heath and hare-bells; listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass; and wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.”
“I don't use no cologne, none of that. I just use cocoa butter and that's it. Everything I need is natural besides going to the shower and taking soap and shampoo and conditioner.”
“The truth is, you know, we need our anodynes. You know that word, anodynes? We need that in life some times. A good warm bath can be one for you, or a whatever.”
“Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.”
“I go home and stay there. I wash and scrub up each day, and that's it. One month I actually grew a moustache, just so I could say that I'd done something.”
“In a library, you can find small miracles and truth, and you might find something that will make you laugh so hard that you will get shushed, in the friendliest way. I have found sanctuary in libraries my whole life, and there is sanctuary there now, from the war, from the storms of our families and our own minds. Libraries are like mountains or meadows or creeks: sacred space. So this afternoon, I'll walk to the library.”
“There's a freedom you begin to feel the closer you get to Austin, Texas.”
“To hear, one must be silent.”
“There were hints of sunrise on the rim of the sky, yet it was still dark, and the traces of morning color were like goldfish swimming in ink.”
“It's all the same to the clam.”
“I live my life day by day, and that's how I continue to live it.”
“Now I don't get upset by unpleasant things, I don't play the victim, and I'm always ready to come to terms with life.”
“The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.”
“Brothers don't necessarily have to say anything to each other - they can sit in a room and be together and just be completely comfortable with each other.”