Bill Buford Quotes

Work, look for peace and calm in work: you will find it nowhere else.

Our philosophy always teaches us that you can have intense activity, but inside, you have to have peace. The office has to reflect that.

I love silence. I seek and create it at every opportunity. I need it to work.

Yeah, I try to be really calm.

I want to be relaxed in my personal life. I really don't like to be hassled.

I want balance in my life.

Try to arrange things so that you can have a reasonable bit of quiet every day.

I am calm most of the time.

I just try to stay cool, calm and collected.

I always try to stay quiet and calm.

Slow down. Calm down. Don't worry. Don't hurry. Trust the process.

It's important to know when we need to stop, reflect, and receive. In our competitive world, that might be called a waste of time.

Slowing down doesn't mean accomplishing less; it means cutting out counterproductive distractions and the perception of being rushed.

Work. Don't Think. Relax.

Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.

The more relaxed you are, the better you are at everything.

Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.

I'm not always really calm, but I try not to get taken away by things that are incredibly transitory.

Do your best and then relax.

What is the answer to this fatigue? Relax! Relax! Relax! Learn to relax while you are doing your work!

That's what you need for your writing - to learn how to be present, learn how to be calm. So take that nap, do that meditation.

If you want to concentrate deeply on some problem, and especially some piece of writing or paper-work, you should acquire a cat . . .

It may sound paradoxical, but however tight our schedule, however many things clamor to be done, we don't need to hurry. If we can keep our mind calm and go about our business with undivided attention, we will not only accomplish more but we'll do a better job - and find ourselves more patient, more at peace.

The important thing is to be relaxed in your work. Same in life. Don't make everything too intense. Then you can let everything go and not "act".

Remember to keep the mind calm in difficult moments.