“A dewdrop is a perfect integrity that has no filial memory of its parentage.”
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Calm Quotes — page 50 of 276
“If the heart wanders or is distracted, bring it back to the point quite gently... And even if you did nothing during the whole of your hour but bring your heart back, though it went away every time you brought it back, your hour would be very well employed.”
“Nature never hurries: atom by atom, little by little, she achieves her work. The lesson one learns from yachting or planting is the manners of Nature; patience with the delays of wind and sun, delays of the seasons, bad weather, excess or lack of water.”
“The thinking mind is what is busy. You have to stay in your heart. You have to be in your heart. Be in your heart. The rest is up here in your head where you are doing, doing, doing.”
“The days followed one another patiently. Right back at the beginning of the multiverse they had tried all passing at the same time, and it hadn't worked.”
“Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference.”
“At the end of the day, I can end up just totally wacky, because I've made mountains out of molehills. With meditation, I can keep them as molehills.”
“We can make a little order where we are, and then the big sweep of history on which we can have no effect doesn't overwhelm us. We do it with colors, with a garden, with the furnishings of a room, or with sounds and words. We make a little form, and we gain composure.”
“To wander in the fields of flowers, pull the thorns from your heart.”
“In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart.”
“One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.”
“When the people sat around on the porch and passed around the pictures of their thoughts for the others to look at and see, it was nice. The fact that the thought pictures were always crayon enlargements of life made it even nicer to listen to.”
“When you don't know what to do, get still. The answer will come.”
“The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.”
“As for the imperialist countries, we should unite with their peoples and strive to coexist peacefully with those countries, do business with them and prevent any possible war, but under no circumstances should we harbour any unrealistic notions about them.”
“Nature is by and large to be found out of doors, a location where, it cannot be argued, there are never enough comfortable chairs.”
“The only routine with me is no routine at all.”
“We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we'll also have a lot more joy in living.”
“I have arrived. I am home. My destination is in each step.”
“Deep rivers run quiet.”