#calmness

A Buddhist story is that a man came shouting angrily at Buddha, who remained unaffected by him. When questioned by others as to how he remained calm and unaffected, Buddha answered with a question. “If someone gives you a gift and you choose not to receive it, to whom then does the gift belong?” Of course it stays with the giver. ↗

— Bronnie Ware

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There is a fullness and calmness there which can come only from knowing pain. ↗

— Dan Simmons

#experience #pain #experience

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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Calmness is the cradle of power. ↗

— J. G. Holland

#cradle #power

Now is the time to show maximum responsibility. It is not the time to pay off old scores nor for sterile partisan recriminations. It is time to re-establish a climate of calmness and mutual respect. ↗

— Giorgio Napolitano

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What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless. ↗

— Ovid

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