Calm & Balance

Calm & Stillness quotes

Quiet, Stoic-leaning lines about patience, presence and being thankful for what is already here. Our mindfulness and gratitude categories sit on this page too. Our Mindfulness & Presence and Gratitude categories are folded into this page.

• Count what remains, not what's gone, and the day grows quietly larger.

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• You woke up today. Somewhere, that alone was someone's entire prayer.

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• Gratitude turns an ordinary morning into a gift you almost missed.

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• The list of what you have is longer than the list of what you want. Read the longer one.

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• Notice one small thing today that went right. It was always there; you just looked.

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• Happiness, not in another place but this place… not for another hour, but this hour.

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• Forever is composed of nows.

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• Right now is the only place anything ever actually happens.

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• Slow down enough to hear the sounds under the noise.

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• This moment asks for your presence, not your judgment.

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• Quiet does not mean empty, it means room to notice.

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• I exist as I am, that is enough, if no other in the world be aware I sit content.

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A sample of 12 from the 86 Calm & Stillness quotes in the app. Named authors are shown as in the app; lines marked Risora are our own writing.