Calm Quotes
I came to mistrust my desire to explode the picture and supercharge it in some way… what is more important is a feeling of strength in reserve – tension beneath calm.
Store up reservoirs of calm and content and draw on them at later moments when the source isn't there, but the need is very great.
When people say that meditation makes them calm, they are often referring to this stability of the mind. A stable mind creates the foundation for a happier and more contented person.
Still the mind. Inhale peace. Let go of worries. Exhale stress. Notice the breath. Connect to all. Embrace calm.
The antidote to frustration is a calm faith, not in your own cleverness, or in hard toil, but in God's guidance.
The greatest flood has the soonest ebb; the sorest tempest the most sudden calm; the hottest love the coldest end; and from the deepest desire oftentimes ensues the deadliest hate.
Religious truth, or for that matter any truth, requires a calm and meditative atmosphere for its percolation.
The inside must be made entirely calm and quiet and there should reign an upward aspiration - a state of awaiting.
Now I got kids and I'm more wise now. Life means more to me than having fun. I'm more calm, more wise, and more cautious.
He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.
Like a duck on the pond. On the surface everything looks calm, but beneath the water those little feet are churning a mile a minute.
Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and sedate temper which is so necessary to contemplate truth.
How can life be worth living, if devoid Of the calm trust reposed by friend in friend? What sweeter joy than in the kindred soul, Whose converse differs not from self-communion?
It's in my interest, in ours perhaps, or maybe the interests of the greater good, for me to smoke a joint, and calm down.
Just as the waves can subside to reveal the stillness of the ocean's depths, so too is it possible to calm the turbulence of our mind to reveal its natural pristine clarity.
Bill Gates can't control a high-level-energy dog, because his energy is very low, very calm. Very intellectual. A dog doesn't see that as leadership.
The seed of God's Word won't grow to fruitfulness without pruning for rest, quiet, and calm
If you can attain repose and calm, believe that you have seized happiness.
Religion is, as it were, the calm bottom of the sea at its deepest point, which remains calm however high the waves on the surface may be.
As an actor, what's interesting is what's hidden away beneath the surface. You want to be like a duck on a pond - very calm on the surface but paddling away like crazy underneath.
My mum calls my temper 'Devilman.' They say you calm down with age, but I don't know. It never goes away.
In the midst of the flurry - clarity. In the midst of the storm - calm. In the midst of divided interests - certainty. In the many roads - a certain choice.
Trust Christ! and a great benediction of tranquil repose comes down upon the calm mind and the tranquil heart.
God is working on your problem. Stay calm. Stay sweet. Stay out of fear and keep on keeping on.
My best advice for mental training is simply to create good habits, in order to build a sense of security and calm around you.
Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death.
The only time you're calm, you're centered, you're at peace, is when someone's trying to kill you. And that's just plain twisted.
The bottom of the soul may be in repose, even while we are in many outward troubles; just as the bottom of the sea is calm, while the surface is strongly agitated.
The superior man is quiet and calm, waiting for the appointments of heaven, while the mean man walks in dangerous paths, looking for lucky occurrences.
