Calm

Famous quotes containing the word calm:

“The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)

“The spirit of the world, the great calm presence of the creator, comes not forth to the sorceries of opium or of wine. The sublime vision comes to the pure and simple soul in a clean and chaste body.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)