“The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it is occupation, because occupation means pre-occupation; and the pre-occupied person is neither happy nor unhappy, but simply alive and active. That is why it is necessary to happiness that one should be tired.”
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Calm Quotes — page 99 of 276
“I like breakfast-time better than any other moment in the day. No dust has settled on one's mind then, and it presents a clear mirror to the rays of things.”
“Entering into the spirit of this interior, you will discover the best possible atmosphere in which to show fine paintings or listen to music. It is this atmosphere that seems to me most lacking in our art galleries, museums, music halls and theaters.”
“But an adult if he is to provide proper guidance, must always be calm and act slowly so that the child who is watching him can clearly see his actions in all their particulars.”
“I always ask myself why old heavyweights come back, but I plan to stay out of the ring.”
“I think I'll sleep now.”
“In the evening I go up in the desert and spend hours watching the sun go down, just enjoying it, and every day I go out and watch it again. I draw some and there is a little painting and so the days go by.”
“Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient carelessness I am sure to be filled.”
“I made up my mind that I would hold onto nothing, that I would expect nothing.”
“The "I" in me, my friend, dwells in the house of silence, and therein it shall remain for ever more, unperceived, unapproachable.”
“Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy’s Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota”
“The true charm of pedestrianism does not lie in the walking, or in the scenery, but in the talking. The walking is good to time the movement of the tongue by, and to keep the blood and the brain stirred up and active; the scenery and the woodsy smells are good to bear in upon a man an unconscious and unobtrusive charm and solace to eye and soul and sense; but the supreme pleasure comes from the talk.”
“Let us have the luxury of silence.”
“I spring train in the winter, around early December...”
“It is raining and you can hear the pattern of the drops. You can hear it with your ears, or you can hear it out of that deep silence. If you hear it with complete silence of the mind, then the beauty of it is such that cannot be put into words or onto canvas, because that beauty is something beyond self-expression .”
“You do form a cadre of people that you trust and who are good at their jobs and who know you and what your quirks and foibles are. It makes making movies very collegial and a lot more fun.”
“It is in human nature to relax, when not compelled by personal advantage or disadvantage.”
“I think rain is as necessary to the mind as to vegetation. My very thoughts become thirsty, and crave the moisture.”
“just like everything else in life, let time take its course and it will find a solution.”
“One great thing about growing old is that nothing is going to lead to anything. Everything is of the moment.”