Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy. George Herbert
Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation. Vannevar Bush
I will be calm. I will be mistress of myself. Jane Austen
But when I lose my temper, I find it difficult to forgive myself. I feel I've failed. I can be calm in a crisis, in the face of death or things that hurt badly. I don't get hysterical, which may be masochistic of me. Emma Thompson
The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you can utter oracles. Henry David Thoreau
The recognition that things that are not sustainable will eventually come to an end does not give us much of a guide to whether the transition will be calm or exciting. Timothy Geithner