Danielle Brooks Quotes

Nature's a tranquilizer as you get older.

People think that because of my act that I must have a really busy mind and I must be driven. I really am not. I quite like going outside and looking at spiders on a hedge in my garden and stuff.

I want to take time for myself, because all my life is ta-ta-ta-ta. So I don't want nothing special, just to breathe. I'd like to work maybe a half day and then take my bicycle and go by the riverside.

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.

Sometimes I try to just sit at home and do something calmer and simpler and just be in my life. You know, not trying to solve a lot of things at once.

On some days, I just want to sit under a shooting umbrella in a sunny outdoor location all over again.

Every day is different when I'm home, but mainly I just surf. There's no nightlife or shopping, so it's pretty mellow but really nice to come back to after a trip or an event. If you're traveling, you're all stressed out, then you get to Kauai, and nothing matters anymore.

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.

If you want to relax, watch the clouds pass by if you're laying on the grass, or sit in front of the creek; just doing nothing and having those still moments is what really rejuvenates the body.

The only time I can really relax is up a tree or somewhere outside. I love being outside.

I do games of solitaire when I get home to quiet my spirits.

Whenever I get fed up with life I love to go wandering in nature.

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.

I've been doing long-distance backpacking since 2002 when I hiked the Appalachian Trail. You start to calm down and relax and get into the slower rhythm of nature.

Why not just do something a little more on the gentle side?

My evening really begins when I take a long, hot bath. I light a candle, and I turn on the news and try to catch up. It's when I can breathe from the day to the night, and that means a lot to me.

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.

I try to find 15 minutes a day to just be alone without any distractions just for headspace to meditate and get my Zen on. I think that helps me get through the hecticness of the day on tour with the interviews, the sound check, the meet and greets, the show and the post-show meet and greets.

Finding some quiet time in your life, I think, is hugely important.

The countryside, particularly, is very good for my head.

Working in a garden calms me down.

The living room is where we come to think, to slow down the world for a second.

Sleeping is like meditation: it's good to rest the body but also to shut the mind down for a bit.

I like to escape to the beach and kind of ground myself whenever I can.

When you surround yourself with nature, it's really powerful.