Calm Quotes - Page 36

• In a world and a life that moves so fast, photography just makes the sound go out and it makes you stop and take a pause. Photography calms me.

  Drew Barrymore

  Photography, Moving, Sound

  "Drew Barrymore Says She Would Never Let Daughter Pose for Playboy". abcnews.go.com. January 14, 2014.

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• When you see yourself as calm, positive, truthful and possessed of high character, you behave with greater strength. Other people respect you more. You feel in control of yourself and the situation.

  Brian Tracy

  Character, People, Truthful

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• I awoke from The Sickness at the age of forty-five, calm and sane, and in reasonably good health except for a weakened liver and the look of borrowed flesh common to all who survive The Sickness... When I speak of drug addiction I do not refer to keif, marijuana or any preparation of hashish, mescaline, Banisteriopsis caapi, LSD6, Sacred Mushrooms or any other drugs of the hallucinogen group... There is no evidence that the use of any hallucinogen results in physical dependence.

  William S. Burroughs

  Marijuana, Mushrooms, Addiction

  "Deposition: Testimony Concerning a Sickness". William S. Burroughs' introduction to his book "Naked Lunch" (pp. 199-201), 1960 edition.

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• Storms draw something out of us that calm seas don't.

  Bill Hybels

  Encouraging, Uplifting, Courage

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• Remember to preserve a calm soul amid difficulties.

  Horace

  Attitude, Soul, Relax

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• No danger can perturb my spirit's calm.

  Sri Aurobindo

  Spirit, Danger

  Sri Aurobindo (1994). “Gems from Sri Aurobindo, 2nd Series”, p.51, Lotus Press

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• Oh, and the easiest way to make someone furious is to tell her to calm down.

  Leigh Bardugo

  Way, Calm Down, Furious

  Leigh Bardugo (2013). “Siege and Storm”, p.188, Macmillan

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• Cultures that may seem as durable as stone can break like glass, leaving all the things that held them together unattended. I believe that the craftsman, the artist, the cook, and the silversmith are peacemakers. They instill grace; they lull the world to calm.

  Anthony Shadid

  Believe, Artist, Glasses

  Anthony Shadid (2012). “House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East”, p.139, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• You treat God like you treat any dangerous looney — keep him calm and stay on his good side.

  Herb Gardner

  Sides, Treats, Dangerous

  "Herb Gardner: the collected plays and the screenplay Who is Harry Kellerman and why is he saying those terrible things about me?".

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

  Chris Kyle

  Heart, Stay Calm, Rate

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Repose in that peaceful, cool, calm, serene depth of your Being. You know, this is something immensely valuable and precious

  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

  Peaceful, Depth, Serene

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• There is a deep, peaceful calm in the dawning of a new day.

  Alan Watts

  New Day, Peaceful

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• Kaethe Schwehn's poignant memoir explores longing, both spiritual and physical, community and faith, in prose that is calm, lovely, and filled with clear-eyed honesty and grace. Tailings is simply an exquisite book.

  Dinty W. Moore

  Spiritual, Honesty, Book

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• If I want to calm down, I'll buy some fabric, get a pattern, shut myself in a room and stay there for days, really happy. And at the end of it, you get a bedspread or some curtains or something to wear - it's lovely.

  Twiggy

  Lovely, Fabric, Patterns

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• When you worry, there is static coming through your mind radio. God's song is the song of calmness. Nervousness is the static; calmness is the voice of God speaking to you through the radio of your soul.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Song, Voice, Worry

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• Every time I look at it, It looks back at me I love the sea, its waters are blue And the sky is too And the sea is very dear to me If when I grow up and the sea is still there Then I’ll open my eyes and smell the fresh air Because the sea is very dear to me The sea is very calm and that’s why I like it there The sand is brand new and the wind blows in my hair And the sea is very dear to me.

  Esther Earl

  Growing Up, Eye, Blow

  Esther Earl, Lori Earl, Wayne Earl (2014). “This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl”, p.38, Penguin UK

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• I create my own calm and I keep my balance, because I know that it's not really me, by myself... The Creator always gives me the energy.

  Erykah Badu

  Giving, Balance, Energy

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• Remaining calm in times of desperation makes way for opportunity.

  Simon Sinek

  Opportunity, Remaining Calm, Way

  Twitter post from Mar 05, 2010

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• Do not get angry because others question what you believe, be calm and loving, for anger is the root of a faulty belief.

  Leon Brown

  Believe, Roots, Belief

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• My own philosophy is that one should share what wisdom he has, one should help others to help themselves and one should keep going despite heavy weather, for there is always a calm ahead.

  L. Ron Hubbard

  Philosophy, Helping Others, Weather

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• I feel like only now in my life do I really get it -- do I feel that sense of calm. And I feel very grounded. I feel much more confident. I feel, you know, sexier, more intelligent, more to offer, more wisdom, more life experience to draw from.

  Sela Ward

  Intelligent, Life Experience, Draws

  FaceBook post by Sela Ward from Feb 18, 2013

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• Don't use your faith to try to get rid of problems. Use your faith to remain calm in the midst of your problems.

  Joel Osteen

  Trying, Use, Problem

  Joel Osteen (2012). “It's Your Time and Become a Better You Boxed Set”, p.240, Simon and Schuster

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• We must go beyond the constant clamor of ego, beyond the tools of logic and reason, to the still, calm place within us: the realm of the soul.

  Deepak Chopra

  Soul, Ego, Tools

  Deepak Chopra (2011). “The Soul of Leadership: Unlocking Your Potential for Greatness”, p.9, Random House

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• Great people are not affected by each puff of wind that blows ill.
  Like great ships, they sail serenely on, in a calm sea or a great tempest.

  George Washington

  Blow, Wind, Sea

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• The acquirement and enjoyment of physical well-being, mental calm and spiritual peace are priceless to their possessors.

  Joseph Pilates

  Spiritual, Priceless, Enjoyment

  Joseph H. Pilates, William John Miller (1998). “Pilates' Return to Life Through Contrology”, Presentation Dynamics Incorporated

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