“The sky grew darker, painted blue on blue, one stroke at a time, into deeper and deeper shades of night.”
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Calm Quotes — page 58 of 276
“Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be well.”
“I'm not one of those complicated, mixed-up cats. I'm not looking for the secret to life... I just go on from day to day, taking what comes.”
“Be patient. Life will offer you another chance as soon as you find calm within, for abundance is born out of calmness.”
“Supreme serenity still remains the Ideal of great Art. The shapes and transitory forms of life are but stages toward this Ideal, which Christ's religion illuminates with His divine light.”
“A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book.”
“What fire could ever equal the sunshine of a winter's day?”
“There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems.”
“A man of good will with a little effort and belief in his own powers can enjoy a deep, tranquil, rich life - provided he go his own way.... To live one's own life is still the best way of life, always was and always will be.”
“Let the clean air blow the cobwebs from your body. Air is medicine.”
“You must have a room, or a certain hour or so a day, where you don't know what was in the newspapers that morning a place where you can simply experience and bring forth what you are and what you might be.”
“Sit in a room and read--and read and read. And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that level, and you have a nice, mild, slow-burning rapture all the time.”
“The air is all softness.”
“A man must keep a little back shop where he can be himself without reserve. In solitude alone can he know true freedom.”
“The more you have, the more you are occupied, the less you give. But the less you have the more free you are. Poverty for us is a freedom. It is not mortification, a penance. It is joyful freedom. There is no television here, no this, no that. But we are perfectly happy.”
“I've pretty much done all I can here and, you know, God will carry me the rest of the way, so I'm pretty comfortable with that.”
“A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.”
“Compassion, tolerance, forgiveness and a sense of self-discipline are qualities that help us lead our daily lives with a calm mind”
“The moment you wake up each morning, all your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals. And the first job each morning consists in shoving it all back; in listening to that other voice, taking that other point of view, letting that other, larger, stronger, quieter life come flowing in.”
“When you worry, there is static coming through your mind radio. God's song is the song of calmness. Nervousness is the static; calmness is the voice of God speaking to you through the radio of your soul.”