“I wish I could live underwater. Maybe then my skin would absorb the sea’s consoling silence.”
Calm feeling
Calm Quotes — page 4 of 276
“The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.”
“Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.”
“Keep it simple and focus on what matters. Don't let yourself be overwhelmed.”
“Through the dancing poppies stole A breeze, most softly lulling to my soul.”
“Humility is perfect quietness of heart. It is to expect nothing, to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me. It is to be at rest when nobody praises me, and when I am blamed or despised. It is to have a blessed home in the Lord, where I can go in and shut the door, and kneel to my Father in secret, and am at peace as in a deep sea of calmness, when all around and above is trouble.”
“Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there.”
“Sanitation is more important than Independence.”
“Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.”
“You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.”
“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.”
“Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.”
“Feelings are just visitors, let them come and go.”
“Observe calmly; secure our position; cope with affairs calmly; hide our capacities and bide our time; be good at maintaining a low profile; and never claim leadership.”
“Let the rain sing you a lullaby.”
“And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.”
“The emptiness I speak about is not the emptiness the mind imagines. It is not blank. Your body can continue expressing in a natural way. Intelligence is there. Emotions can come. Everything can play, but inside there is total serenity and peace. No planning, no strategising, no personal identity is there. Just the space of pure being. It is what we are, but we dream and believe we are not.”
“The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.”
“Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.”
“It's enough for me to be sure that you and I exist at this moment.”