“Let nothing perturb you, nothing frighten you. All things pass. God does not change. Patience achieves everything.”
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Calm Quotes — page 46 of 276
“What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.”
“Like the ocean that remains calm in its depths even when waves rage over its surface, and like the sun that continues shining on high even during storms, we can at each moment create value and develop our state of life, enjoying our existence to the fullest in times of both suffering and joy.”
“Until you have the inner discipline that brings calmness of mind, external facilities and conditions will never bring the joy and happiness you seek. On the other hand, if you possess this inner quality, calmness of mind, a degree of stability within, even if you lack the various external factors that you would normally require to be happy, it will still be possible to live a happy and joyful life.”
“Silence is sometimes the best answer”
“Don’t worry about achieving. Don’t worry about perfection. Just be there each moment as best you can.”
“Balance is not letting anyone love you less than you love yourself.”
“Fatigue is the best pillow.”
“For me, success is inner peace. That's a good day for me.”
“But life is a battle: may we all be enabled to fight it well!”
“The most profound benefit of yoga and meditation for me has been a natural relaxing into my life. Obstacles are not so scary. I am more fluid, more curious, and at the same time more patient. I have more options for happiness because I don't require specific conditions. It is a relief to discover that I can be happy even if the world doesn't revolve around me or my agenda.”
“In my travels I have found that those who keep Heaven in view remain serene and cheerful in the darkest day. If the glories of Heaven were more real to us, if we lived less for material things and more for things eternal and spiritual, we would be less easily disturbed by this present life.”
“The Annex is an ideal place to hide in. It may be damp and lopsided, but there's probably not a more comfortable hiding place in all of Amsterdam. No, in all of Holland.”
“Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.”
“Let my thoughts come to you, when I am gone, like the afterglow of sunset at the margin of starry silence.”
“With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.”
“To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.”
“In the Grand Canyon, Arizona has a natural wonder which is in kind absolutely unparalleled throughout the rest of the world. I want to ask you to keep this great wonder of nature as it now is. I hope you will not have a building of any kind, not a summer cottage, a hotel or anything else, to mar the wonderful grandeur, the sublimity, the great loneliness and beauty of the canyon. Leave it as it is. You cannot improve on it. The ages have been at work on it, and man can only mar it.”
“The best of all monopoly profits is a quiet life.”
“Exercise till the mind feels delight in reposing from the fatigue.”