“There are rainy days in autumn and stormy days in winter when the rocking chair in front of the fire simply demands an accompanying book.”
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Calm Quotes — page 73 of 276
“Idleness begets ennui, ennui the hypochondriac, and that a diseased body. No laborious person was ever yet hysterical.”
“I find that when I come out of the library I'm in what I call the library bliss of being totally taken away from the distractions of life.”
“Boredom between two people doesn't come from being together physically. It comes from being apart mentally and spiritually.”
“Horses calm me. I love being around them. They smell great, they are beautiful to look at, they are loving, demanding, temperamental, and they settle you.”
“Off stage it's cool-out time. You can't funk and roll ALL the time.”
“If I really want inner peace in my life, then I must not busy myself with what other people do and say.”
“There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude made perfect.”
“A man ought to live in this world like a lotus leaf, which grows in water but is never moistened by water; so a man ought to live in the world - his heart to God and his hands to work.”
“Be quiet now and wait. It may be that the ocean one, the one we desire so to move into and become, desires us out here on land a little longer, going our sundry roads to the shore.”
“We need to remind ourselves of the beauty of human connection and of nature and pull ourselves out of devices for a moment and appreciate what it is just to be human beings.”
“Nothing is so aggravating as calmness.”
“Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.”
“The greatest revelation is stillness.”
“I usually dress very casual. Whenever I go out with my friends, I'm always like, 'Can't I just wear sweatpants?'”
“Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.”
“A little insomnia is not without its value in making us appreciate sleep, in throwing a ray of light upon that darkness.”
“Is being single hard? It depends where your mind is. If you are focused, being single is an enjoyable experience, but if you hate being alone, you'll hate being single. I think it depends on the individual are where they are in life.”
“Apply yourself to solitude. One who is given to solitude knows things as they really are.”
“Total relaxation is the secret to enjoying sitting meditation. I sit with my spine upright, but not rigid; and I relax all the muscles in my body.”