“Be perfectly resigned, perfectly unconcerned; then alone can you do any true work. No eyes can see the real forces; we can only see the results. Put out self, forget it; just let God work, it is HIS business.”
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Calm Quotes — page 89 of 276
“Avoid excessive merriment. A mind in that state never becomes calm; it becomes fickle. Excessive merriment will always be followed by sorrow. Tears and laughter are near kin. People so often run from one extreme to the other.”
“Be an empty page, untouched by words.”
“Everything is emptiness. Everything else, accidental. Emptiness brings peace to your loving. Everything else, disease. In this world of trickery, emptiness is what your soul wants.”
“No more words. In the name of this place we drink in with our breathing, stay quiet like a flower. So the nightbirds will start singing.”
“Keep silent, because the world of silence is a vast fullness”
“It always smelled like it was raining outside, even if it wasn't, and you were in the only nice, dry, cosy place in the world.”
“Harry found the [tea]... seemed to burn away a little of the fear fluttering in his chest.”
“Letting go of control, that's actually when you're safe.”
“I don't worry about a number. I'm fine with aging.”
“Eliminate mental muddiness and obscurity; keep your mind crystal clear. Allow your pure original insight to emerge. Quiet your emotions and abide in serenity. Don't go crazy with the worship of idols, images, and ideas; this is like putting a new head on top of the head you already have. Remember: if you can cease all restless activity, your integral nature will appear.”
“The baby looks at things all day without winking; that is because his eyes are not focused on any particular object. He goes without knowing where he is going, and stops without knowing what he is doing. He merges himself within the surroundings and moves along with it. These are the principles of mental hygiene.”
“My life is a life of accepting what the universe has offered me... I don't fight the universe.”
“Meditation has been an anchor throughout my life - it helps me feel balance, connected and at peace.”
“Getting lost is not a waste of time.”
“Holding up my purring cat to the moon. I sighed.”
“Life is too short to be in a hurry.”
“Once Mo had closed the gates, he returned to his little stone hut, and his half-eaten sandwich of butter and canned sardines, and his mug of thick hot chocolate, which every night he poured carefully into a thermos labeled COFFEE.”
“Writing for the theater, you find yourself living a nocturnal life”
“Winning gives birth to hostility Losing, one lies down in pain. The calmed lie down with ease, having set winning and losing aside.”