“Where there's music there can be no evil.”
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Calm Quotes — page 48 of 276
“Unless some misfortune has made it impossible, everyone can have good posture.”
“The good and the wise lead quiet lives.”
“The fog comes on little cat feet.”
“When I was a younger actor, I would try to keep it serious all day. But I have found, later on, that the lighter I am about things when I'm going to do a big scene that's dramatic and takes a lot out of you, the better off I am when I come to it.”
“I hold another creed, which no one ever taught me, and which I seldom mention, but in which I delight, and to which I cling, for it extends hope to all; it makes eternity a rest - a mighty home, not a terror and an abyss. Besides, with this creed, I can so clearly distinguish between the criminal and his crime; I can so sincerely forgive the first while I abhor the last; with this creed, revenge never worries my heart, degradation never too deeply disgusts me, injustice never crushes me too low. I live in calm, looking to the end.”
“Behold a tree. Does it not speak to us thusly: 'Don't you see that God is not working himself into a frenzy in me? I am calmly, quietly, silently pouring forth my life and bringing forth fruit. Do thou likewise.'”
“Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.”
“In their presence, there's no need for continuous conversation, but you find you're quite content in just having them nearby.”
“I feel a part of the congregation. I've never had to do special music. The kids sing in the choir. It's just normal. We're treated like everybody else.”
“It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.”
“Be neat, Philothea; let nothing be negligent about you. It is a kind of contempt of those with whom we converse, to frequent their company in uncomely apparel; but, at the same time, avoid all affectation, vanity, curiosity, or levity in your dress. Keep yourself always, as much as possible, on the side of plainness and modesty, which, without doubt, is the greatest ornament of beauty, and the best excuse for the want of it.”
“The true contemplative is one who has discovered the art of finding leisure even in the midst of his work, by working with such a spirit of detachment and recollection that even his work is a prayer”
“Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.”
“The only noise now was the rain, pattering softly with the magnificent indifference of nature for the tangled passions of humans.”
“God grant me to SERENITY to accept what I cannot change the TENACITY to change what I may and the GOOD LUCK not to f*** up too often”
“Do not let a day go by without taking some time for yourself - some time you spend in pure pleasure, as you see it.”
“There is nothing more agreeable than having a place where one can throw on the floor as many cigar butts as one pleases without the subconscious fear of a maid who is waiting like a sentinel to place an ashtray where the ashes are going to fall.”
“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop”
“The way past despair and false hope is just letting go. It doesn't improve your odds of survival, but it doesn't waste mental energy.”