Calm an adjective meaning peaceful, quiet; particularly used of the weather, free from wind or storm, or of the sea, opposed to rough. The word appears in French calme, through which it came into English, in Spanish, Portuguese and Italiancalma. Most authorities follow Diez (Etym. Worterbuch der romanischen Sprachen) in tracing the origin to the Low Latincauma, an adaptation of Greek Kaiii,ua, burning heat, xalECV, to burn. The Portuguese calma has this meaning as well as that of quiet. The connexion would be heat of the day, rest during that period, so quiet, rest, peacefulness. The insertion of the l, which in English pronunciation disappears, is probably due to the Latin calor, heat, with which the word was associated. Image File history File links Seascape_Calm_Weather_. ... Image File history File links Seascape_Calm_Weather_. ... Édouard Manet (portrait by Nadar). ... An adjective is a part of speech that modifies a noun, usually by describing it or making its meaning more specific. ... A shelf cloud associated with a heavy or severe thunderstorm over Enschede, Netherlands A storm is any disturbed state of a planets atmosphere, especially affecting its surface, and strongly implying severe weather. ... Diez refers to: German Diez(deets) Diez (Germany) Ernst Diez (1878-1961) Friedrich Christian Diez (1794-1876) Wilhelm von Diez (1839-1907) See also Dietz, Tietz Iberian Diez(dee ath) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... hi A biological adaptation is an anatomical structure, physiological process or behavioral trait of an organism that has evolved over a period of time by the process of natural selection such that it increases the expected long-term reproductive success of the organism. ... Look up pronunciation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
The glow of calmness that will then pervade your mind, the tingling sensation of an inflow of new strength, may be to you the beginning of the revelation of the supreme calmness that is possible for you.
Calmness cannot be acquired of itself and by itself; it must come as the culmination of a series of virtues.
The man who is calm does not selfishly isolate himself from the world, for he is intensely interested in all that concerns the welfare of humanity.
Hurry is the deathblow to calmness, to dignity, to poise.
Let us cultivate calmness, restfulness, poise, sweetness,—doing our best, bearing all things as bravely as we can; living our life undisturbed by the prosperity of the wicked or the malice of the envious.
Let us ever turn our face toward the future with confidence and trust, with the calmness of a life in harmony with itself, true to its ideals, and slowly and constantly progressing toward their realization.
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