Calm Quotes

I make the most of all that comes, And the least of all that goes.

— Sara Teasdale

Now we will count to twelve / and we will all keep still.

— Pablo Neruda

Rest is a form of resistance because it disrupts and pushes back against capitalism and white supremacy.

— Tricia Hersey

What would it mean to understand attention not as a resource—but as a way of being alive to the world?

— Jenny Odell

Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’

— Mary Anne Radmacher

The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;

— William Wordsworth

When you cease to fear your solitude, a new creativity awakens in you.

— John O’Donohue

In an age of acceleration, nothing can be more exhilarating than going slow.

— Pico Iyer

Smile, breathe and go slowly.

— Thich Nhat Hanh

The rush and pressure of modern life are a form, perhaps the most common form, of its innate violence.

— Thomas Merton

Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.

— Audre Lorde

Be joyful though you have considered all the facts.

— Wendell Berry

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.

— Anne Lamott

Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation.

— Audre Lorde

Silence is a source of great strength.

— Lao Tzu

There is no wealth but life.

— John Ruskin

There is more to life than increasing its speed.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.

— Anna Quindlen