285 Calm quotes

They sicken of the calm who know the storm.

The storm before the calm.

A samurai must remain calm at all times even in the face of danger.

You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.

Control your anger, be calm.

Whoever’s calm and sensible is insane!

I love the storm and fear the calm.

Be calm like a calm lake, then you will look beautiful like a beautiful calm lake!

Set peace of mind as your highest goal, and organise your life around it.

Keep cool; anger is not an argument.

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.

Be patient. Your skin took a while to deteriorate. Give it some time to reflect a calmer inner state. As one of my friend’s states on his Facebook profile: “The true Losers in Life, are not those who Try and Fail, but those who Fail to Try.”

Perhaps there are those who are able to go about their lives unfettered by such concerns. But for those like us, our fate is to face the world as orphans, chasing through long years the shadows of vanished parents. There is nothing for it but to try and see through our missions to the end, as best we can, for until we do so, we will be permitted no calm.

Well, I can’t eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would probably get on my cuffs. One should always eat muffins quite calmly. It is the only way to eat them. I say it’s perfectly heartless you’re eating muffins at all, under the circumstances.

Who’s crazy: people who trust other people, or people who don’t?

The woman recovering from abuse or other stressful life situations may feel she’s in no way in charge of anything, least of all her own world. She faces the horse with trepidation. The horse senses the fear and becomes tense and concerned. The wise instructor starts small.

A man of calm is like a shady tree. People who need shelter come to it.

Don’t let the rain drive you to the wrong shelter; the shade can turn out to be your protector and also your destroyer, and sometimes the rain is the perfect protector from the rain.

Music burst through him, perfect notes he hear rarely. Fire and ice, wind and calm, sky and earth, water and rock all fused together. Joley seemed as wild and turbulent s the sea, yet beneath her fiery passion, at the very core of her, she was as forceful and strong and as constant as the deepest ocean currents.

Patience is not the ability to wait. Patience is to be calm no matter what happens, constantly take action to turn it to positive growth opportunities, and have faith to believe that it will all work out in the end while you are waiting.

When you are angry try your best to go to sleep, it keeps you away from speaking, writing and thinking while you are angry.

…I’ve been with you all day. I’m trying to stay calm. I’m impatient and it’s really hard to breathe. I’m going to empty you and fill you in with me…

Those who believe and their hearts become calm and contented with the remembrance of Allah…know that it is the remembrance of Allah alone that brings rest to the hearts. (The Qur’an-surah ar-R’ad; 28)

It stood calm against the suburban storm raging around it. The thunder screamed across the sky; it slapped the clouds into a heated turmoil that flew towards the south.

You cannot wait for an untroubled world to have an untroubled moment. The terrible phone call, the rainstorm, the sinister knock on the door—they will all come. Soon enough arrive the treacherous villain and the unfair trial and the smoke and the flames of the suspicious fires to burn everything away. In the meantime, it is best to grab what wonderful moments you find lying around.

Peaceful disputes are maintained when men sincerely believe that they are morally, logically correct about the issues at hand. It is when neither side is really certain that wars are instigated.

I lay there with my mind running amuck, on the brink of madness. And somehow, gradually, early Sunday morning, I became calm. I can’t think of any other word for it. I was thinking about the beach poem again, and I started to feel that I was being looked after, that everything was OK.

Indeed, she often wondered if she were dead, or dying from the inside out, and that was the root of her calm, the reason she could surrender her character.

And someday, when the parties don’t dazzle you anymore, and when the alcohol fails to amuse your senses, come to me. We’ll lie on the grass, stare at the stars, and talk about Life. Maybe I will become the Moment you rediscover yourself again.

The nature of the world is to be calm, and enhance and support life, and evil is an absence of the inclination of matter to be at peace.

When you gaze out on a quiet, peaceful meadow, next to a still pond, under a motionless blue sky, you wonder how the noisy, busy cacophony of life could have arisen from such silent, motionless beginning.

If we are calm,” replied the policeman, “it is the calm of organized resistance.” “Eh?” said Syme, staring. “The soldier must be calm in the thick of the battle,” pursued the policeman. “The composure of an army is the anger of a nation.”

When one tunes in into nature’s frequency, life becomes change, change becomes hope!

But somehow, standing in the clear night air, under a sky that glowed like a shower of sparks, none of that stuff mattered. It slipped off me. It was like shedding your clothes before you step in the shower. I felt I was down to essentials again. In fact I felt very close to God at that moment. I guess if you’re ever going to feel close to God it’ll be while you’re looking at the heavens.

Patience, more than the ability to bear pains or endure waiting, is to be calm no matter what happens – constantly take action to turn it to positive growth opportunities – and have faith to believe that it will all work out in the end while you are waiting.

Maybe if we just lay beneath the stars long enough, all our worries will dissipate into the cosmos. And we can lay there motionless, yet sailing across the stars.

When I’m depressed, I read Caeiro — he’s my fresh air. I become very calm, content, faithful — yes, I find faith in God, and in the soul’s transcendent living smallness, after reading the poems by that ungodly anti-humanist who goes unsurpassed on earth.

There is so much power in choosing to love yourself against all odds and I hope with every kind of painful experience you become more aware who you are and what you are truly capable of. Life hurts but it’s also remarkably beautiful if you look past the chaos.

Whatever you value, it becomes your sun! If you value a calm night, your own sun will rise with the sunset on the horizon!

Let’s accept it that dead people are in position for relaxing and watching.

The weather is nature’s disruptor of human plans and busybodies. Of all the things on earth, nature’s disruption is what we know we can depend on, as it is essentially uncontrolled by men.

It’s more than OK to say no to the people and places that harm your peace.

It was a wonderful feeling, a sense of release and boundless freedom that he had never known before. He was beyond the reach of all the things that had weighed him down and hemmed him in.

Stay at peace with everyone you meet and hold no grudge with anyone for any reason.

When problems come, remain calm in two cases. One when you know you can solve them so smile; second when you know you can’t so be silent.

The new disease of our age is being OK doing everything at exactly the same time.

To learn to see – to accustom the eye to calmness, to patience, and to allow things to come up to it; to defer judgment, and to acquire the habit of approaching and grasping an individual case from all sides.

If you find yourself engaged in an argument that only stirs anger in the heart, quickly make peace and carry on.

Life could have been way easier if we can just use “Please, do not disturb” sign in our social lives!

Quiet mind, quiet soul.

The enormous vermilion sun was dropping toward the sea, its reflected glow making a blazing path across the water to the very beach, where the last ripple was spangled with garnets. Otherwise, the sea was periwinkle purple, spilling and whispering and sidling with an easy going prattle of foam round the steeper rocks.

When we observe the flow of our breathing, we transcend our thoughts and are able to bring mind and body into harmony with each other. Thus, we create calm.

Nothing conquers the chaos around me like the calm assurance that I am at peace with God.

I like trains. I like their rhythm, and I like the freedom of being suspended between two places, all anxieties of purpose taken care of: for this moment I know where I am going.

Why are we afraid of the silence that ensues after our death? Wasn’t it the same silence we endured before birth? Isn’t it the same silence we revel in when we are completely immersed in the present moment? Let us not be afraid.

I take showers to think.

…ya can’t get to Nevada on five bucks and a bad heart…

Knowing when you should weigh up your options, remain calm and not take everything at face value has certain benefits. Ending the day with a peaceful soul is one…

…people who don’t live at least a little bit in fear, have nothing left to live for.

You don’t have to go back to the way things were. Just go back to the point where you left off. Don’t start over… just keep going, but there’s a right way of keeping going. And no one here is going to be angry at you for leaving. We all have to leave sometimes.

He thought perhaps it was a woman’s way, to come out of such a storm of emotion and pain as if she were a ship emerging onto calm seas. She had seemed, not at peace, but emptied of sorrow. As if she had run out of that particular emotion and no other one arose to take its place.

Let the night take you. Let the stars evaporate into your dreams. Let sleep be the only comfort for you to believe.

Never lose your temper.

Echo of the waves appears in the sky, their lights reflected in your eyes. I’m back in our world and happy again. The sound of your voice, compassionate embrace… The power in your touch, serenity of stride…

Rationality and calm self-determination were one of the great illusions of the universe… in the end, we were all ruled by our passions.

Rushing into action, you fail. Trying to grasp things, you lose them. Forcing a project to completion, you ruin what was almost ripe. Therefore the Master takes action by letting things take their course. He remains as calm at the end as at the beginning. He has nothing, thus has nothing to lose. What he desires is non-desire; what he learns is to unlearn. He simply reminds people of who they have always been. He cares about nothing but the Tao. Thus he can care for all things.

It is better to be still than to speak when you are angry.

You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.

Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, it empties today of its strength.

Learn to calm down the winds of your mind, and you will enjoy great inner peace.

Keep calm because pain makes you stronger, fear makes you braver and heartbreak makes you wiser.

Keep calm and keep learning.

Right at that moment it was as if we were the only two people left in the world. And I don’t mean that to sound corny; it just honestly did. The only sounds were the droning crickets and chip-chips of the bats, the faraway wind against the sand, and the occasional distant yowl of a dingo. There were no car horns. No trains. No jack-hammers. No lawnmowers No planes. No sirens. No alarms. No anything human. If you’d told me that you’d saved me from a nuclear holocaust, I might have believed you.

Be like a duck, paddling and working very hard inside the water, but what everyone sees is a smiling and calm face.

Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.

Breath is the power behind all things…. I breathe in and know that good things will happen.

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.

Always be kind, for everyone is fighting a hard battle.

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Calmness is the cradle of power.

There are times when we stop, we sit still. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper.

Simply let experience take place very freely, so that your open heart is suffused with the tenderness of true compassion.

Keep calm, you may feel weak but God is strong.

When you wish to feel more positive, you can decide to be calm and direct your thoughts.

In every circumstance, keep calm.

Whatever the situation is – no matter how aggravated and angry you feel, staying cool and keeping your mind calm always pays off for the better.

Relaxation comes from letting go of tense thoughts.

When you’re in control, confident and calm in stressful situations, you’ll win everyone over.

Learn to be calm and you will always be happy.

My key to dealing with stress is simple: just stay cool and stay focused.2 – Ashton Eaton

Never rush in haste for anything. Keep calm, stay focused, and the sequence of events will take care of itself.

The inner peace of an alert and calm mind are the source of real happiness and good health.

Gentleness is strength under control. It is the ability to stay calm, no matter what happens.

When everything around you is crazy, it is ingenious to stay calm.

By staying calm, you increase your resistance against any kind of storms.

The ability to stay calm and focused in the midst of change is what distinguishes great leaders from those just collecting a paycheck.

Take a deep breath and read. It’ll calm you.

The greatest measure of success is not money but a calm and loving mind.

The ability to remain calm before, during, and after the storm reveals one’s true strength of character.

In this fast-paced world, it’s important to slow down sometimes.

Confident spirit, calm strength.

To calm your anxious mind, fear not and love yourself without judgement.

Whenever something bad happens, keep calm, take a few deep breaths and shift the focus to something positive.

When the expected occurred, never panic, by keep calming, you gain control over the situation.

When a man has little time, he must take care to maintain his calm. We must act as if we had eternity before us.

They might make you feel you are useless or incomplete. Don’t let it affect you. Keep calm and let your future prove that they were wrong.

Everyone propels at different stages of their life. Just keep calm, work on it and wait on your right moment!

Deep down we’re all the same. When life’s storms threaten to drown us we just do our best to keep calm, carry on, and breathe. If I’ve learned one thing along the way it’s that learning to breathe again is a team sport and we all need a little help along the way.

Keep calm and let your heart sing the song of kindness.

Do not ever get agitated by provoking thoughts and actions. Always keep your calm. This will shame the alien.

I have so much chaos in my life, it’s become normal. You become used to it. You have to just relax, calm down, take a deep breath and try to see how you can make things work rather than complain about how they’re wrong.

There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.

Keep calm and remember: the time to take a deep breath is when you think you don’t have time for one.

Calm your mind, and inner control and power you'll find.

To be calm becomes a kind of revolutionary act. To be happy with your own non-upgraded existence.

Engaging in behaviors that build your spiritual core connection opens pathways to a better workplace, more calm and much more joy.

Someone who maintained inner calm under extreme stress was running an organization that was well balanced and growing.

Feeling frustrated is okay. I will try to learn to stay calm when I am frustrated.

A calm mind means a calm nervous system, which means less anxiety and more feelings of peace and tranquility.

Stay calm is the best way to take the wind out of an angry person's sail.

All right, people, let’s keep it calm. The last thing we need is a panic.

I don't wanna burn out, I'll keep it calm, cool, collected.

When we learn to manage that stress we are able to create our peak performance abilities and remain calm.

Learning to be calm in the face of danger, perceived or real, gives you confidence and mental clarity in the situation.

My life is a daily lesson in how to be more calm, confident, and focused.

The nearer a man comes to a calm mind the closer he is to strength.

Just remember that staying calm and being patient with your children will always be a great way to get things done with them.

Yoga stimulates the brain to calm down the mind which results in good physical health.

Being calm and meditating can change your brain’s structure. The way you think and feel gets rewired to make you more positive about life.

Calm is the magic elixir that brings you to a place of balance, harmony, and peace.

I've found that sometimes it is best to take a break by going for a walk, or take a coffee break. This break can help clear your mind and calm your anxiety.

There are many ways to relax. Sometimes you might enhance that relaxation by listening to mellow music.

Keep calm and carry on. The future is always uncertain, but that’s why it’s exciting.

Take a deep breath, keep calm, and just keep going.

When things get tough, just keep calm and carry on.

Keep calm and don't let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.

Stay calm, be brave, and never give up.

Keep calm and trust in yourself. You’ve got this.

Keep calm, stay focused, and keep pushing forward. You will reach your goal.

In times of uncertainty, keep calm and believe in yourself.

Keep calm, keep moving forward, and never give up on your dreams.

Keep calm, embrace the chaos, and trust the journey. Everything will fall into place.

Fearlessness presupposes calmness and peace of mind.

The measure of wisdom is how calm you are when facing any given situation.

Work, look for peace and calm in work: you will find it nowhere else.

Using order to deal with the disorderly, using calm to deal with the clamorous, is mastering the heart.

Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.

Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that’s very important for good health.

A happy, calm, peaceful person, will make better decisions and have better outcomes. So if you want to operate at peak performance, you have to learn how to tame your mind.

The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you can utter oracles.

He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.

A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness.

Keep calm and keep learning.

Keep calm and carry on.

Keep calm and let your heart sing the song of kindness.

Keep calm. You have the forest in your blood.

Keep calm and remember: the time to take a deep breath is when you think you don’t have time for one.

Whenever something bad happens, keep calm, take a few deep breaths and shift the focus to something positive.

Everyone propels at different stages of their life. Just keep calm, work on it and wait on your right moment!

Keep calm because pain makes you stronger, fear makes you braver and heartbreak makes you wiser.

So just keep breathing, and keep calm, keep calm / The only real control we have is over ourselves / So let’s get over it / That we can’t and we won't control anything else.

Your brand is your personal lawyer… It defends and speaks for you even in your absence. Keep calm and maintain a good brand!

Keep calm meant being able to choose his emotion.

You never know what might work for you until you try. Settle in, take a deep breath, sip your favorite tea, and learn to reduce your stress, enjoy your life, and keep calm!

Defend your leadership roles with your true character. Never attack your own aspirations with corruption and unfaithfulness! Keep calm and be honest!

They might make you feel you are useless or incomplete. Don’t let it affect you. Keep calm and let your future prove that they were wrong.

Change is important, but if you can’t really change it, just keep calm, understand the situation and go through it with a good heart! Time will surely speak with time!

When the expected occurred, never panic, by keep calming, you gain control over the situation.

Impatience is not the fastest way of getting to where your treasures are. It is the quickest way of by-passing them without even knowing. Keep calm; be patient!

I don’t wanna burn out, I’ll keep it calm, cool, collected

Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in mind.

When we learn to manage that stress we are able to create our peak performance abilities and remain calm.

Remaining calm and responding instead of reacting is a superpower.

The Master takes action by letting things take their course. He remains as calm at the end as at the beginning.

One of the best lessons you can learn in life is to master how to remain calm.

To successfully build relationships, gain trust, and maintain a respectful classroom, my demeanor needed to remain calm.

In the midst of any stressful situation, say or think a series of statements such as, Stay calm. . . everything’s okay. . . you’ve handled worse before. . . relax and take a deep breath. . . take it step by step and don’t rush. . . I can get help if I need it.

If we can pick part how our self-esteem has been constructed, how it affects our lives and the lives of others, and by what it is influenced, then we can learn to control it, and to stay calm and content no matter what life throws at us.

The important thing for you to learn in any emergency is, stay calm, keep cool, and think!

Stay calm is the best way to take the wind out of an angry person’s sail.

I don’t know if I’m ready to know what triggers my anger. I just feel like I figured out on my own how to stay calm, how to enjoy life, how to be happy.

I wouldn’t, a little bit frightened but throughout my life I’d learnt that when you’re in the serious situations, you’ve got to try to stay calm. Because that’s the way you get out of them.

Feeling frustrated is okay. I will try to learn to stay calm when I am frustrated.

There are difficult matches from time to time, and that is absolutely normal. You have to stay calm and confident after them.

I know I perform best when I stay calm.

It’s not just about the words you use, but the way you use them, and the message that puts over. Also your face too and the way you project your message. If you’re telling the group to stay calm, be good, and you have beads of sweat dripping down your forehead, you’re in trouble.

You have to slow your heart rate, stay calm. You have to shoot in between your heartbeats.

Mistakes and pressure are inevitable; the secret to getting past them is to stay calm.

There are always problems to face, but it makes a difference if our minds are calm. On the surface, we may get upset, but it makes a difference if we are able to stay calm in the depths of our minds.

Stay calm and keep your eyes close, When someone appears holding something. But remind them that you are available, Whether they need someone to talk with.

The most important skill in staying calm is not to lose sleep over small issues. The second most important skill is to be able to view all issues as small issues.

Sometimes you can find peace of mind by transferring yourself to different situations. They’re just reminders to stay… calm.

Someone who maintained inner calm under extreme stress was running an organization that was well balanced and growing.

Getting stress out of your life takes more than prayer alone. You must take action to make changes and stop doing whatever is causing the stress. You can learn to calm down in the way you handle things.

You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you need to breathe, calm down, look around, and improvise. Creativity is the key to life.

Learn to calm down the winds of your mind, and you will enjoy great inner peace.

When you understand something, then it naturally calms you down.

The nearer a man comes to a calm mind, the closer he is to strength.

No state is so bitter than a calm mind cannot find in it some consolation.

A fit body, a calm mind, a house full of love. These things cannot be bought – they must be earned.

A calm mind is able to see things logically and with clarity. Stillness of mind can only be achieved by relieving it of negativity. To relieve the mind of negativity, it becomes necessary to rid it of waste and fill it with nothing but positivity.

To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden.

It takes a calm mind to be able to consider things from different angles and points of view.

When we’re angry, our thinking is distorted and we don’t see the different aspects of reality. A calm mind enables us to take a broader, more realistic view.

Compassion enhances our self-confidence because a calm mind allows our marvellous human intelligence to bloom. When we’re angry, our thinking is distorted and we don’t see the different aspects of reality. A calm mind enables us to take a broader, more realistic view.

You can’t buy a calm mind, you have to earn it.

Compassion, tolerance, forgiveness and a sense of self-discipline are qualities that help us lead our daily lives with a calm mind.

A calm mind means a calm nervous system, which means less anxiety and more feelings of peace and tranquility.

A calm mind makes us relaxed, improves our health and makes for happier families and communities.

Before embarking on important undertakings, sit quietly, calm your senses and thoughts, and meditate deeply. You will then be guided by the great creative power of Spirit.

If you want to be effective in business, you need a clear, calm, cool, collected mind.

On average, the deeper people’s knowledge of a topic, the more calmly they talk about it.

Nothing can disturb the calm peace of my soul.

Today start your day with a smile, calmness of mind, coolness of emotions and a heart filled with gratitude.

The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control. Its presence is an indication of ripened experience, and of a more than ordinary knowledge of the laws and operations of thought.

Having a calm and compassionate mind enables us to use our natural intelligence more effectively.

Frustration and failure are a part of life. If we do not flee from them but accept them calmly, we come to know what we need to do next.

By listening with calm and understanding, we can ease the suffering of another person.

Meditation is not sitting and fidgeting, daydreaming, worrying, or fantasizing. It means watching, calmly observing the mind itself. Calm observation makes the mind itself calmer.

Calm your mind, and inner control and power you’ll find.

Yoga is bringing suppleness in body, calmness in mind, kindness in heart and awareness in life.

When the mind is calm, how quickly, how smoothly, how beautifully you will perceive everything.

Be calm in the face of all common disgraces.

When you wish to feel more positive, you can decide to be calm and direct your thoughts.

Be calm and strong and patient. Meet failure and disappointment with courage. Rise superior to the trials of life, and never give in to hopelessness or despair.

Patience is not the ability to wait. Patience is to be calm no matter what happens, constantly take action to turn it to positive growth opportunities, and have faith to believe that it will all work out in the end while you are waiting.

You can’t force raging water to be calm. You have to leave it alone and let it return to its natural flow. Emotions are the same way.

To be calm is the highest achievement of the self.

Those who act with few desires are calm, without worry or fear.

Be calm. Be Zen. You are Buddha.

He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age. But to him who is of an opposite disposition, youth and age are equally a burden.

No matter how busy you are, carve out time in your day to get calm, to think, to reflect, to be present.

If you speak or act with a calm, bright heart, then happiness follows you, like a shadow that never leaves.

To be calm becomes a kind of revolutionary act. To be happy with your own non-upgraded existence.

Short-term thinking makes people desperate, ungenerous, impulsive. Long-term thinking makes people calm, gracious, controlled. The mighty pyramids and cathedrals were built by civilizations with a long time horizon, so it is with the life of a great man.

I will be calm. I will be mistress of myself.

The chaos you see outside is within you. It’s your own projection. When you’re calm from within, you cease to create chaos without. And even if the external chaos is there, it no longer affects you. The world is turbulent if you’re turbulent. It’s calm when you’re calm.

Make your heart like a lake, with a calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.

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.

True calmness comes from within.

Calmness is the cradle of power.

Respect your calmness because it is the loudest voice of your strength.

In calmness lies true pleasure.

I breathe in calmness, I breathe out stress.

There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.

The greater the level of calmness of our mind, the greater our peace of mind, the greater our ability to enjoy a happy and joyful life.

Be patient, life will offer you another chance as soon as you find calm within, for abundance is born out of calmness.

Your strength is in your calmness, in the clarity of your mind. Strength comes from putting the negative aside without reacting. Win in calmness, in consciousness, in balance.

The true strength of a man is in calmness.

Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.

Open the door of your calmness, and let the footsteps of silence gently enter the temple of all your activities.

Calamities arrive sometimes only for bringing more calmness in ourselves which is hidden deep within.

In calmness and confidence, thy strength manifest.

Retire to the center of your being, which is calmness.

There will be calmness, tranquillity when one is free from external objects and is not perturbed.

Avoid all haste; calmness is an essential ingredient of politeness.

When you have inner calmness then you automatically succeed in what you do. The more silent you are from inside, your thoughts and actions become more powerful.

It’s easy to have calmness in inactivity, and hard to have calmness in activity, but calmness in activity is true calmness.

Calmness is the lake of mind, thankfulness is the lake of heart.

Everything turns on your assumptions about it, and that’s on you. You can pluck out the hasty judgment at will, and like steering a ship around the point, you will find calm seas, fair weather and a safe port.

Calm seas never made a good sailor.

Be an island of calm in the sea of craziness.

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.

Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea.

When you try to stay on the surface of the water, you sink; but when you try to sink, you float.

Being under stress is like being stranded in a body of water. If you panic, it will cause you to flail around so that the water rushes into your lungs and creates further distress. Yet, by calmly collecting yourself and using controlled breathing you remain afloat with ease.

Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water. Tell that imperious voice in your head to be still.

Ships don’t sink because of the water around them; ships sink because of the water that gets in them. Don’t let what’s happening around you get inside you and weigh you down.

Be like a duck, paddling and working very hard inside the water, but what everyone sees is a smiling and calm face.

The mind is like water. When it’s turbulent, it’s difficult to see. When it’s calm, everything becomes clear.

No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.

Still waters run deep.

People don’t have enough silence in their lives because they don’t have enough solitude. And they don’t get enough solitude because they don’t seek out or cultivate silence. It’s a vicious cycle that prevents stillness and reflection, and then stymies good ideas, which are almost always hatched in solitude.

Best be still; best be empty. In stillness and emptiness we find where to abide. Talking and moving we lose the place.

Silence is not just absence of sound, but also stillness of mind.

To shrug it all off and wipe it clean — every annoyance and distraction — and reach utter stillness. Child’s play.

Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.

In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside you.

In a hyperactive world, stillness is the deepest rebellion.

Stillness and tranquility set things in order in the universe.

With no desire, at rest and still, all things go right as of their will.

Look at a tree, a flower, a plant. Let your awareness rest upon it. How still they are, how deeply rooted in being. Allow nature to teach you stillness.