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Quotes about Calm — 17 Timeless Lines

17 quotes about calm, arranged the way they appear in Quote 2048: from the lightest line on the 2 tile to the crown quote on the 2048 tile, and on to 131072 in the app.

All quotes come from public-domain works or traditional proverbs; attributions were checked against their sources.

1. 2

   Still waters run deep

   — Proverb

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2. 4

   The more haste, the less speed

   — Proverb

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3. 8

   A calm mind sees a calm world

   — Traditional

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4. 16

   Napping through the storm

   — Proverb

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5. 32

   Stillness masters haste

   — Laozi

   Original · Classical Chinese靜為躁君

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6. 64

   Know where to stop, and you find calm

   — The Great Learning

   Original · Classical Chinese知止而后有定，定而后能靜，靜而后能安

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7. 128

   Not events but our judgments disturb us

   — Epictetus

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8. 256

   In hard times keep an even mind

   — Horace

   Original · LatinAequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem

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9. 512

   Without calm you reach nothing far

   — Zhuge Liang

   Original · Classical Chinese非寧靜無以致遠

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10. 1024

    Still water mirrors the face

    — Zhuangzi

    Original · Classical Chinese人莫鑑於流水而鑑於止水

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11. 2048👑 Crown quote

    Stillness is the root of the world

    — Laozi

    Original · Classical Chinese靜是世界之本

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12. Levels 4096–131072 continue in the app.
13. 4096

    All our woes: not sitting still alone

    — Pascal

    Original · FrenchTout le malheur des hommes vient d'une seule chose, qui est de ne savoir pas demeurer en repos dans une chambre

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14. 8192

    Reach utter emptiness; hold fast to stillness

    — Laozi

    Original · Classical Chinese致虛極，守靜篤

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15. 16384

    Nowhere can man find a quieter retreat than in his own soul

    — Marcus Aurelius

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16. 32768

    Stillness — the cicada's cry sinks into the rock

    — Bashō

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17. 65536

    Do few things, if you would be calm

    — Democritus

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18. 131072

    Over all the peaks lies peace

    — Goethe

    Original · GermanÜber allen Gipfeln ist Ruh

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