“Reality is apparent when one ceases to compare. There is “what is” only when there is no comparison at all, and to live with what is, is to be peaceful.”
Calm quotes.
Words for slowing down, breathing out and coming back to now.
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“It is indeed foolish to be unhappy now because you may be unhappy at some future time.”
“To be like the rock that the waves keep crashing over. It stands unmoved and the raging of the sea falls still around it.”
“Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within.”
“Nothing ever happened in the past that can prevent you from being present now; and if the past cannot prevent you from being present now, what power does it have?”
“It’s the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them.”
“I had a pleasant time with my mind, for it was happy.”
“Happiness is thought to depend on leisure; for we are busy that we may have leisure, and make war that we may live in peace.”
“Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.”
“When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness.”
