Georgia Toffolo Quotes

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?

To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

The Ranelagh Gardens in Chelsea provide plenty of opportunities to walk, think and relax.

I love being in the garden, and my 'chilling-out room' is almost like being out there.

There are two places where I can completely relax: in nature and by the piano.

Lie on your back and look at the stars.

No more words. In the name of this place we drink in with our breathing, stay quiet like a flower. So the nightbirds will start singing.

I like fishing. Not actual fishing - I like the peace and quiet of being at sea. It's different.

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature.

I like to take walks in the park by myself, where no one can bother me and I can think.

But Portugal has a peaceful feel about it. I sit on the terrace overlooking the vineyard there and I feel cut off from the world. You need that sort of thing.

But I try to steal other moments. Sometimes I get up very early in the morning and enjoy a quiet house and cup of tea before the craziness begins. Other times, I'll take a quick walk on the beach. You can find peace in a few minutes.

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.

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 feel extraordinarily peaceful when I'm watching the sun set.

I love Central Park. I feel like I am somewhere else.

I try to get to the beach every day. It brings sanity to my life. I'll just sit and read a book and enjoy the quiet.

I like to sit in my backyard. I go out on the hammock and sit in silence and kind of meditate. Nature is calming, and it's nice to go out there and clear my head.

When I need to think of, like, a peaceful scene or something, I think of my back garden in summertime. And whenever I hear the lawnmower next door, I always think it's really peaceful.

The real reason I love Bamburgh is that it's the only place in the world where I ever truly relax.

I've always found the rain very calming.

My favorite thing is just walking in the woods. I can do it for days on end without tiring of it.

Working in a garden calms me down.

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.