Billy Collins Quotes

Love gives a sense of rest.

At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water

I was happiest between the waves.

Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts.

Man does find in Nature deliverance from himself, oblivion of his past, with peace and purity!

When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing - just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pond, a flickering candle or children playing in the park?

Peace, truthfully, is how you feel inside.

The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.

Cross the meadow and the stream and listen as the peaceful water brings peace upon your soul.

Fishing provides that connection with the whole living world. It gives you the opportunity of being totally immersed, turning back into yourself in a good way. A form of meditation, some form of communion with levels of yourself that are deeper than the ordinary self.

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

I am calm most of the time.

Like water, we are truest to our nature in repose.

I like gardening - it's a place where I find myself when I need to lose myself.

You can't be unhappy in the middle of a big, beautiful river.

To go in the water and stare at a shrimp for three minutes and not think about anything else in the world, it's just euphoric.

I like nothing more than walking down a country lane or along a mountain path - it's not proof that there is anything bigger than ourselves, but I feel very much at peace.

I'm still trying to figure out being calm.

When I sing, I feel calm.

I am genuinely a peaceful person now.

I've always been calm, as long as I can remember.

I'm always content. I hold much more store in contentment than happiness.

When you see the ocean and the infinite, it empties your mind.

For me, a garden is peace of mind. It immediately takes my mind off the thing I'm puzzling about in my work and gives me repose.

The good point is when you combine excitement and calm together.