Calm quotes, with sources

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.

Leave this military hurry and adopt the pace of Nature. Her secret is patience.

But in every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.

Be still, and know that I am God.

He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.

All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.

Simplify, simplify.

Money often costs too much.

Enjoy the land, but own it not.

He who is satisfied with his lot is rich.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

The present alone can make no man wretched.

In wildness is the preservation of the world.

Give me silence and I will outdare the night.

He who stands on his tiptoes does not stand firm.

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you.

Be still, my heart, these great trees are prayers.

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty.

The soft overcomes the hard, and the weak the strong.

Silence is deep as Eternity; Speech is shallow as Time.

The sky never changes; it is the cloud that is changing.

All things are change, yet we need not fear anything new.

Let us be silent,—so we may hear the whisper of the gods.

Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.

Do not disturb thyself by thinking of the whole of thy life.

God’s great power is in the gentle breeze, not in the storm.

Life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.

What others may say of you, regard as their concern, not yours.

Health is the greatest of gifts, contentedness the best riches.

Something attempted, something done, has earned a night’s repose.

Consider that everything is opinion, and opinion is in thy power.

Do not take life too seriously; you will never get out of it alive.

Gravity is the root of lightness; stillness, the ruler of movement.

I am angry nearly every day of my life, but I have learned not to show it.

We are in the habit of exaggerating, or imagining, or anticipating, sorrow.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.

The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds.

Riches, one may say, are like sea-water; the more you drink the thirstier you become.

It is indeed foolish to be unhappy now because you may be unhappy at some future time.

Never explain — your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyhow.

As a solid rock is not shaken by the wind, wise people falter not amidst blame and praise.

Make thyself all simplicity.

It is a great art to saunter.

Let the world find its way to you.

Allah hath set a measure for all things.

There never was a good war or a bad peace.

That which is enough is ready to our hands.

You are good when you are one with yourself.

Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Let us mutually pardon each other our follies.

Steadfast a lamp burns sheltered from the wind.

I bear no resentment toward those who condemned me.

Philosophy calls for plain living, but not for penance.

Let us live happily then, not hating those who hate us!

Let us live happily then, though we call nothing our own!

Whatever any man shall say about you, do not attend to it.

Never the spirit was born; the spirit shall cease to be never.

Whosoever is out of patience, is out of possession of his soul.

Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish.

Nature’s wants are slight; the demands of opinion are boundless.

So stay where you are, and all things shall come to you in time.

I will enjoy the present, and the past shall be for me the past.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

A little lifting up of the heart and a remembrance of God suffices.

There is no calamity greater than to be discontented with one’s lot.

It is only people who possess firmness who can possess true gentleness.

Be strong, and enter into your own body: for there your foothold is firm.

He who has given up both victory and defeat, he, the contented, is happy.

He whose desires are few gets them; he whose desires are many goes astray.

Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.

There are those who have the truth within them, but they tell it not in words.

It is better to leave a vessel unfilled, than to attempt to carry it when it is full.

You hear not with the ears, but with the mind; not with the mind, but with your soul.

Gentleness is sure to be victorious even in battle, and firmly to maintain its ground.

Patience serves us against insults precisely as clothes do against the cold.

Peace of mind is impossible without a considerable amount of solitude.

We are never so happy or so unhappy as we suppose.

Accept life, and you must accept regret.

Let it be still, and it will gradually become clear.

Outwardly nature is busy and restless, inwardly she is all silence and peace.

The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee.

Verily in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest!

Blessed are the single-hearted, for they shall have abundance of peace.

Greater is Thy care for me than all the care which I am able to take for myself.