CALM’S GENTLE SUPERIORITY, Chapter 11 – Paying Attention Is an Element of Action and Calm
To recollect is to gather things and take them back to the place they should not have left.
CALM’S GENTLE SUPERIORITY, Chapter 10 – Calm and Pain
Our Lady’s grandeur is not so much in Her enormous pains, but that She willed to suffer all that She suffered
CALM’S GENTLE SUPERIORITY, Chapter 9 – Inequalities and Calm
If the sun did not exist, it would be night despite the presence of other stars (Heraclitus of Ephesus)
CALM’S GENTLE SUPERIORITY, Chapter 8 – Calm, Nervousness and Entertainment
The best service our nerves can render is not to remind us they exist.
CALM’S GENTLE SUPERIORITY, Chapter 7 – How to Lose Tranquility
Pleasure devours those who give themselves to it when out of reasonable proportions.
CALM’S GENTLE SUPERIORITY, Chapter 6 – “Psychological Distance”
Always keeping his soul in his hands, He calmly fell asleep in the Lord (tombstone of St. Frei Galvão)
CALM’S GENTLE SUPERIORITY – Only a tranquil lake reflects the stars, Excerpts from the Thought of Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira Collected by Leo Daniele
Originally published in Portuguese by Edições Brasil de Amanhã São Paulo, 2012 Selection, presentation and notes: Leo Daniele English translation by Jose A. Schelini Copy Editor of the Original Portuguese edition: Francisco Leoncio Cerqueira Layout: Luis Guillermo Arroyave Originally published by Edições Brasil de Amanhã Printing: Artpress “Canticum Novum” Collection Excerpts from the thought […]
CALM’S GENTLE SUPERIORITY, Chapter 5 – Peace Is the Tranquility of Order
Order is one of the elements of beauty combined with grandeur. (Aristotle)
CALM’S GENTLE SUPERIORITY, Chapter 4 – At Marshal Foch’s Headquarters
“Quietude, serene peace reign in this mansion” [the HQ]. (Gustave Babin)
CALM’S GENTLE SUPERIORITY, Chapter 3 – Tranquility and Prowess
It is in great danger that you see great courage. (French proverb)