Calm Quotes

Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.

Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.

All real living is meeting.

The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.

The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

To understand the immeasurable, the mind must be extraordinarily quiet, still.

Why fear when I am here?

The best fighter is never angry.

The birds have vanished into the sky, and now the last cloud drains away.

We sit together, the mountain and I, until only the mountain remains.

Accept everything just the way it is.

Be detached from desire your whole life long.

Resentment and complaint are appropriate neither for oneself nor others.

An old silent pond — A frog jumps into the pond — Splash! Silence again.

The temple bell stops — but the sound keeps coming out of the flowers.

Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water.

They say doing nothing is very difficult. You never know when you're finished.

Smile, breathe and go slowly.

The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion.

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

Peace is present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything we do and see.

Breathing in, I calm my body. Breathing out, I smile.

Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.

I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods.

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tune without the words - and never stops at all.