#calmness

Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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Science rests on reason and experiment, and can meet an opponent with calmness; but a belief is always sensitive. ↗

— James Anthony Froude

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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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I knelt a mortal; I rose an immortal. ↗

— Yann Martel

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Nothing is so aggravating than calmness. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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The biggest thing as I have gotten older is the calmness that's come over me. ↗

— Jason Giambi

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