“A home is a kingdom of it's own in the midst of the world, a stronghold amid life's storms and stresses, a refuge, even a sanctuary.”
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Calm Quotes — page 87 of 276
“A cup of tea would restore my normality.”
“Don't be impatient when it takes too long. Or drink it all even when it tastes to strong.”
“We can't cross that bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time.”
“I'll just let time happen. I don't have to articulate what may be or what may not be. I don't even do that to myself.”
“they simply never understand, do they, that sometimes solitude is one of the most beautiful things on earth?”
“Men, in general, are a sort of scum, very different to anything of which you have an idea.”
“I am no bird and no net ensnares me”
“The first thing Julian wanted to do in life, well, before he wanted to be an artist and then a musician, was to be a chef. He'd come home and say 'Why don't you bake cakes like my friends' mothers?' I'd say, 'Oh, Julian, go out and buy a Mary Baker cake mix and do it yourself!' That started him off! By the time he was 13, he'd disappear into the kitchen whenever we had visitors and emerge with beautiful canapes. Now he thinks nothing of cooking for ten or 15 people, and he does it so calmly.”
“If you have to have it, it's ego. If you have to not have it, it's ego. Hold life lightly and it will deliver what you need and release what you don't.”
“But someone once described the contrast between a good life and a godly life as the difference between the top of the ocean and the bottom. On top, sometimes it's like glass -- serene and calm -- and other times it's raging and stormy. But hundreds of fathoms below, it is beautiful and consistent, always calm, always peaceful.”
“My life is like a Harley Ride. When I'm on my bike that's really one of the places I feel completely at home.”
“Remember that breath walking - as with any meditation technique - should not be pursued with a grim determination to 'get it right.' The point is to cultivate openness, relaxation and awareness, which can include awareness of your undisciplined, wandering mind.”
“There is no necessity for a technique or formula for meditation. Inner feeling, or inner knowing, is the silent voice of inspiration.”
“An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.”
“The air was cool enough to make the warm sun pleasant on one's back and shoulders, and so clear that the eye could follow a hawk up and up, into the blazing blue depths of the sky.”
“There is plenty of time to sleep in the grave”
“O gentle son, Upon the heat and flame of thy distemper, sprinkle cool patience.”
“Even the best weapon is an unhappy tool, hateful to living things. So the follower of the Way stays away from it. Weapons are unhappy tools, not chosen by thoughtful people, to be used only when there is no choice, and with a calm, still mind, without enjoyment. To enjoy using weapons is to enjoy killing people, and to enjoy killing people is to lose your share in the common good. It is right that the murder of many people be mourned and lamented. It is right that a victor in war be received with funeral ceremonies.”
“Stand in the evening light until you become transparent or until you fall asleep.”