"CALMNESS of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.

It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control.

Its presence is an indication of ripened experience,

and of a more than ordinary knowledge of the laws and operations of thought.

A man becomes calm in the measure that he understands himself

as a thought-evolved being, for such knowledge

necessitates the understanding of others as the result of thought,

and as he develops a right understanding,

and sees more and more clearly the internal relations of things

by the action of cause and effect,

he ceases to fuss and fume and worry and grieve,

and remains poised, steadfast, serene."

- James Allen (c. 1903)