“Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.”
Calm feeling
Calm Quotes — page 44 of 276
“The writing is - I'm free of pain. It's the place where I live; it's where I have control; it's where nobody tells me what to do; it's where my imagination is fecund and I am really at my best. Nothing matters more in the world or in my body or anywhere when I'm writing.”
“Purpose of words is to create silence. Purpose of action is to bring deep rest. Purpose of deep rest is to bring you fulfillment. In fulfillment you find joy, bliss”
“Sometimes you have to bend with the breeze or you break.”
“Solitude matters. And for some people it's the air they breathe.”
“To the person who desires nothing and does not get entangled in desires, the manifold changes of nature are one panorama of beauty and sublimity.”
“There is a certain unique and strange delight about walking down an empty street alone. There is an off-focus light cast by the moon, and the streetlights are part of the spotlight apparatus on a bare stage set up for you to walk through. You get a feeling of being listened to, so you talk aloud, softly, to see how it sounds.”
“There’s a morning when presence comes over your soul. You sing like a rooster in your earth-colored shape. Your heart hears and, no longer frantic, begins to dance.”
“In Hawaii they say, "aloha." That's a nice one, It means both "hello" and "good-bye" Which just goes to show, if you spend enough time in the sun you don't know whether you're coming or going.”
“Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer.”
“To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.”
“As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment.”
“I'm making a great effort because sometimes life is not enjoyable. Sometimes it's painful and sometimes it's stressful, sometimes it's agonizing even, so I think once you get around those humps: strive for pleasure and peace.”
“Do your best and then relax.”
“But when I lose my temper, I find it difficult to forgive myself. I feel I've failed. I can be calm in a crisis, in the face of death or things that hurt badly. I don't get hysterical, which may be masochistic of me.”
“I'm not really involved with politics... I'm living in my cocoon with my classical music around.”
“Harmony is something we must have with others, but it must start inside us first.”
“I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.”
“I like to think the moon is there even if I am not looking at it.”
“The ocean is a mighty harmonist.”