Quotes about Calm

Whenever you're carried away by thinking, overwhelmed by strong emotions, or feeling restless and dispersed, return to your breathing. Bring body and mind together and anchor your mind. Become aware of the air coming in and going out of your body.

The first step is to stop the thinking; we need to come back to our breathing and calm our body and mind. This will bring more space and clarity so that we can name and recognize the idea, desire, or emotion that's troubling us, say hello to it, and give ourselves permission to release it.

Hurry ruins saints as well as artists.

Habit is the beneficent harness of routine which enables silly men to live respectfully and unhappy men to live calmly

That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm quiet interchange of sentiments.

Do not lose your inward peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.

I am searching for that which every man seeks-peace and rest.

God is in the storm. That though the winds blow and my life feels torn apart, if I can just trust Him, I'll discover Him at the center.

Funny that when skies were clear, he was the storm. But in the middle of the storm…He was the calm.

No man can have true sympathy who has not been, in some measure at least, "a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief," but the sorrow and grief must have passed, must have ripened into a fixed kindness and habitual calm.

Noise and crowds have a way of siphoning our energy and distracting our attention, making prayer an added chore rather than a comforting relief

Whenever anxiety knocks on the door of your heart, answer it with prayer.