“Calm in quietude is not real calm. When you can be calm in the midst of activity, this is the true state of nature. Happiness in comfort is not real happiness. When you can be happy in the midst of hardship, then you see the true potential of the mind.”
“There was a willful calm and happiness. I think people can decide to be happy. Maybe that was it.”
“It's love that leaves and breaks the seal of always thinking you would be real, happy and healthy, strong and calm, where does the good go?”
“When you reach a calm and quiet meditative state, that is when you can hear the sound of silence.”
“Nature and Passion are powerful, but they are also full of grief. True happiness would have the calm and order of bourgeois routine without its utilitarian ignobility and boredom.”
“If you remain calm in the midst of great chaos, it is the surest guarantee the it will eventually subside”