Quotes about Calmness

Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.

A tranquil woman can go on sewing longer than an angry man can go on fuming.

Let what will be said or done, preserve your sangfroid immovably, and to every obstacle, oppose patience, perseverance, and soothing language.

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

In a group when the conversation takes a trend that is upsetting, try injecting peaceful ideas into the talk.

When the friendly jailer gave Socrates the poison cup to drink, the jailer said: Try to bear lightly what needs must be. Socrates did. He faced death with a calmness and resignation that touched the hem of divinity.

The man who wavers in his faith is upset by the smallest trifles; the man who is steadfast in his faith can look on calmly at the ruin of all his universe.

He never raised his voice, even in the midst of volatile situations.

Anything done in anger can be done better without it!

The best remedy for anger is delay.

We are reminded that anger doesn't solve anything. It builds nothing, but it can destroy everything.

The turbulent billows of the fretful surface leave the deep parts of the ocean undisturbed; and to him who has a hold on vaster and more permanent realities, the hourly vicissitudes of his personal destiny seem relatively insignificant things. The really religious person is accordingly unshakable and full of equanimity, and calmly ready for any duty that the day may bring forth