Day 1,212: equanimity

They  preserved her equanimity despite the slurring remarks made about them. 

Artwork of the day 
The break in the clouds (The calm)
Rene Magritte
Date: 1941; Carcasonne / Carcassonne, France
Style: Surrealism
Period: Brussels pre-war and war years
Genre: symbolic painting
Media: oil, canvas
Location: Brachot Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Dimensions: 65 x 100 cm

Word of the day 
equanimity: evevness of mind; calmness of temper; composure

Quote of the day
“Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social enviroment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions."
(Essay to Leo Baeck, 1953)”
― Albert Einstein