May Sarton Quotes

Not only is orderliness an economy; it produces rest.

Outer order contributes to inner calm.

Ironing is comfort. It's control. I'm a nutty person who likes to make sure everything is in its place.

Life has a way of setting things in order and leaving them be. Very tidy, is life.

Structure is something that calms our nature; we know this of toddlers.

I like things in their proper places.

I like structure - like driving: go past the school on the street, stay on the right side, no hitting the car, go in right, you'll see a big church, stop and take a left, and you'll have it. By doing this I'm giving a structure of life, a path of light, and showing what happens between me and me, which is something very beautiful.

A place for everything, everything in its place.

Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.

You can't control the world, but when you control your thoughts, you bring order.

One way to organize your thoughts is to tidy up, even if it's in places where it makes no sense at all.

I can't stand things being out of place.

I'm known as tidy, I like to keep my stuff in order.

The way I meditate is by being organised. I can get real Zen if I go home and tidy the front room.

With time, you learn to be calmer.

Clear rules provide huge amounts of freedom: freedom to be safe and freedom to work efficiently because things are in order.

If we can, when we have established individual discipline, arrange the children, sending each one to his own place, in order, trying to make them understand the idea that thus placed they look well, and that it is a good thing to be placed in order . . .

What is discipline? Discipline means creating an order within you. As you are, you are a chaos.

Good order makes men bold, and confusion, cowards.

There are few times that I feel more at peace, more in tune, more Zen, if you will, than when I force myself to unplug.

If we practice mindfulness, we always have a place to be when we are afraid.

Order means light and peace, inward liberty and free command over one's self; order is power.

Order, cleanliness, seemliness make a structure that is half support, half ritual, and - if it does not create it - maintains decency.

If you ask why we meditate, I would say it's so we can become more flexible and tolerant to the present moment.

Silence is helpful, but you don't need it in order to find stillness. Even when there is noise, you can be aware of the stillness underneath the noise, of the space in which the noise arises. That is the inner space of pure awareness, consciousness itself.