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• Retain a calm heart, sit like a turtle, walk swiftly like a pigeon, and sleep like a dog

  Li Ching-Yuen

  Inspirational, Funny, Dog

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• 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.

  Martin Luther

  Music, Beautiful, God

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• So let the mind flow like water. Face life with a calm and quiet mind and everything in life will be calm and quiet.

  Thich Thien-An

  Life, Water, Mind

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• You arrive at a village, and in this calm environment, one starts to hear echo.

  Yannick Noah

  Echoes, Village, Quiet

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• Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.

  Thucydides

  Inspirational, Successful, Issues

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

  Pema Chodron

  Uplifting, Rainy Day, Sky

  "Your Spacious Self: Clear the Clutter and Discover Who You Are". Book by Stephanie Bennett Vogt, May 15, 2007.

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• The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Inspirational, Patience, Philosophical

  "Living Like Benjamin: Making Dreams Come True". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero (p. 143), November 1, 2007.

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

  Thomas Jefferson

  Freedom, 4th Of July, Men

  Thomas Jefferson (2010). “The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence 1793-1798”, p.238, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.

  George Herbert

  Truth, Errors, Faults

  Jeremy Taylor, John Wheeldon, George Herbert (1768). “Sacred Prolusions: Or, Select Pieces from Bishop Taylor and Mr. Herbert. By the Rev. John Wheeldon, ... With a Preface and a Discourse on Rev.xviii. 21. By the Editor”, p.107

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• Be calm, be strong, be grateful, and become a lamp full of light, that the darkness of sorrows be annihilated, and that the sun of everlasting joy arise from the dawning-place of heart and soul, shining brightly.

  Abdu'l-Bahá

  Strong, Grateful, Heart

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

  Dmitri Mendeleev

  Work, Looks, Quiet

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• It's calm under the waves in the blue of my oblivion.

  Fiona Apple

  Blue, Oblivion, Wave

  Song: Sullen Girl, Album: Tidal, 1996

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• When our mind is calm, we’re better able to find peace of mind and live a joyful life.

  Dalai Lama

  Mind, Able, Joyful

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• With the coming of spring, I am calm again.

  Gustav Mahler

  Spring, Spring May, Spring Inspirational

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• A calm mind is good for our physical health, but it also enables us to see things more realistically.

  Dalai Lama

  Calm Mind, Mind, Physical Health

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• Like the ocean that remains calm in its depths even when waves rage over its surface, and like the sun that continues shining on high even during storms, we can at each moment create value and develop our state of life, enjoying our existence to the fullest in times of both suffering and joy.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Life, Ocean, Shining

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• Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength.

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

  Power, Aspect, Calmness

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• Remaining calm no matter what's going on around you is an incredible challenge, but it will liberate your psychic sense and will probably add a few years to your life as well-after all, getting worked up about things only makes them worse. Life is always full of drama and challenges, but you don't have to overreact to any of it if you choose not to.

  Sonia Choquette

  Drama, Years, Psychics

  Sonia Choquette (2010). “Trust Your Vibes: Secret Tools for Six-Sensory Living”, p.43, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.

  Jules Renard

  Cat, Animal, Humanity

  Jules Renard, Louise Bogan, Elizabeth Roget (2008). “The Journal of Jules Renard”, p.26, Tin House Books

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• One important reason to stay calm is that calm parents hear more. Low-key, accepting parents are the ones whose children keep talking.

  Mary Pipher

  Children, Keys, Talking

  Mary Pipher (2005). “Reviving Ophelia”, p.259, Penguin

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• Am I calm all the time? That is a question to ask my mother. I am very happy in my home. I have a good family, that gives me something extra.

  Jean Alesi

  Mother, Home, Giving

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• Right now I am trying to be in a place of calm, a place where I can chill out and then handle the chaos of life better. You don't just get it overnight; you have to work at it. It's a daily struggle.

  Jackee Harry

  Struggle, Trying, Chaos

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• Anybody can pilot a ship when the sea is calm.

  Navjot Singh Sidhu

  Sea, Pilots, Ships

  "The UnReal Times’ exclusive analysis of Gujarat elections with Navjot Singh Sidhu". Interview with Ashwin Kumar, www.theunrealtimes.com. December 20, 2012.

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• The calm mind allows one to connect with the inner self, the Soul, the very source of our being. That's where the music lives. That's where my music comes from.

  Clarence Clemons

  Self, Calm Mind, Soul

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• Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.

  Thomas Fuller

  Storm, Quiet, Forgotten

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