calm amidst chaos Quotes

If you remain calm in the midst of great chaos, it is the surest guarantee the it will eventually subside

The great thing about faith in God is that it keeps a man undisturbed in the midst of disturbance.

Silence? What can New York-noisy, roaring, rumbling, tumbling, bustling, story, turbulent New York-have to do with silence? Amid the universal clatter, the incessant din of business, the all swallowing vortex of the great money whirlpool-who has any, even distant, idea of the profound repose......of silence?

In the din and tumult of the age, the still small voice of Jerusalem remains our only music.

The hero is a mind of such balance that no disturbances can shake his will, but pleasantly, and, as it were, merrily, he advancesto his own music, alike in frightful alarms and in the tipsy mirth of universal dissoluteness.

Focusing intently on Christ naturally results in a lifestyle of increasingly greater selflessness. And it has another benefit. Gazing on Christ gives us greater ability to look past life's trials and remain calm in the midst of what others would call chaos.

Faith is the ability to honor stillness at some moments, and at others to ride the passion and exuberance.

Sticking with that uncertainty, getting the knack of relaxing in the midst of chaos, learning not to panic-this is the spiritual path.