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Calmness is the crown of self-control.

Calmness is the rarest quality in human life.

God commits to man ever only new beginnings, new wisdom, and new days to use the best of his knowledge.

Stop, rest for a moment, and let calmness and peace assert themselves.

To be ready for the great crises of life we must learn serenity in our daily living.

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.

and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way. Walk in it.”

“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?

But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.

When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.

Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.

Israel, hope in Yahweh, from this time forward and forever more.

Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this:

Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice. Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.

For you will bless the righteous. Yahweh, you will surround him with favor as with a shield.

Yahweh, in the morning you will hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.

My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.

He alone is my rock, my salvation, and my fortress. I will never be greatly shaken.

Sara hugged her close and tried to laugh. There was a sort of comfort in the warmth of the plump, childish body.

As he sat gazing into the clear running of the water, Archibald Craven gradually felt his mind and body both grow quiet, as quiet as the valley itself.