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Remaining calm in times of desperation makes way for opportunity.
Simon SinekRead
Calmness is the living breath of God's immortality in you.
Paramahansa YoganandaRead
While the pressures of life are inevitable, if at the end of the day you are unable to completely let go of the day and return to a calm, centered inner state, you are overstressed.
Deepak ChopraRead
And join with thee calm Peace and Quiet, Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet.
John MiltonRead
If you get angry easily, it may be because the seed of anger in you has been watered frequently over many years, and unfortunately you have allowed it or even encouraged it to be watered.
Nhat HanhRead
Happiness cannot come from hatred or anger. Nobody can say, 'Today I am happy because this morning I was angry.' On the contrary, people feel uneasy and sad and say, 'Today I am not very happy, because I lost my temper this morning.'
Dalai LamaRead
Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.
Saint Francis De SalesRead
It is the greatest manifestation of power to be calm.
Swami VivekanandaRead
It is the calm, forgiving, equable, well-balanced mind that does the greatest amount of work.
Swami VivekanandaRead
My zoology thesis was a functional analysis of the thyroid gland of the three-toed sloth. I chose the sloth because its demeanour - calm, quiet and introspective - did something to soothe my shattered self.
Yann MartelRead
But never have I been a blue calm sea _x000D_ I have always been a storm.
Stevie NicksRead
Once your mind is calm and full of love, there is no room for hatred or fear. Others will trust you because of your open heart.
Dalai LamaRead
Of course, you can’t force your mind to be silent. That would be like trying to smooth ripples in water with a flatiron. Water becomes clear and calm only when left alone.
Alan WattsRead
Soup puts the heart at ease, calms down the violence of hunger, eliminates the tension of the day, and awakens and refines the appetite.
Auguste EscoffierRead
Where is your ancient courage? You were used to say extremities was the trier of spirits; That common chances common men could bear; That when the sea was calm all boats alike showed mastership in floating.
William ShakespeareRead
To you who answered the call of your country and served in its Armed Forces to bring about the total defeat of the enemy, I extend the heartfelt thanks of a grateful Nation. As one of the Nation's finest, you undertook the most severe task one can be called upon to perform. Because you demonstrated the fortitude, resourcefulness and calm judgment necessary to carry out that task, we now look to you for leadership and example to further exalting our country in peace.
Harry S. TrumanRead
The calm man is not the man who is dull. You must not mistake Sattva for dullness or laziness. The calm man is the one who has control over the mind waves. Activity is the manifestation of inferior strength, calmness, of the superior.
Swami VivekanandaRead
Happiness is above all things the calm, glad certainty of innocence.
Henrik IbsenRead
Philips, whose touch harmonious could remove The pangs of guilty power and hapless love! Rest here, distress'd by poverty no more; Here find that calm thou gav'st so oft before; Sleep undisturb'd within this peaceful shrine, Till angels wake thee with a note like thine!
Samuel JohnsonRead
Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and sedate temper which is so necessary to contemplate truth.
Isaac WattsRead
The sweet calm sunshine of October, now_x000D_ _x000D_ Warms the low spot; upon its grassy mold_x000D_ _x000D_ The pur0ple oak-leaf falls; the birchen bough_x000D_ _x000D_ drops its bright spoil like arrow-heads of gold.
William C. BryantRead

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