Quotes About Quietude

Some say that sudden knowledge of mystical matters is accomplished only in complete quietude, or that Creator, in one of God's many forms, appears only in orderly ways that are beauteous and picturesque, or that the mystical appears only in completely silent ways. All are true. Except for the 'only' part.

but the full moon soothes all sick animal, be they human or plan field beast. there is a serenity of color, a quietude of touch, a sweet sculpturing of mind and body in full moonlight.

Life seemed nearest to acceptable at four A.M.

Quietude, which some men cannot abide because it reveals their inward poverty, is as a palace of cedar to the wise, for along its hallowed courts the King in His beauty deigns to walk." CHARLES H. SPURGEON

All life has emptiness at it's core it is the quiet hollow reed through which the wind of God blows and makes the music that is our life.

It is not for us to search but to remain still, to achieve Immobility not Action.

the comfort of knowing that she was not quite so strange, that there were other people who found delight in private challenges and quiet lives. People who lived in their thoughts as much as in the real, physical world.

Meditation applies the brakes to the mind.

I always try to keep calm.

I always try to stay quiet and calm.

I've always been calm, as long as I can remember.

Introspection is often portrayed as an indoor, solitary thing, the monk in his cell, the writer at her desk.

Lo que me interesa señalar en el bellísimo final de «Trön...» es algo que encontraremos en muchos otros textos de Borges: la lectura como defensa. La quietud a la que alude la hipálage está en el acto de leer; todo queda en suspenso; la vida, por fin, se ha detenido.

I am certain that a quiet mind is the foundation of inner peace. And inner peace translates into outer peace.

If your heart has peace, nothing can disturb you.

Our ultimate destination is mental peace.

Peace of mind! All we need is peace of mind!

Thy peace shall be in much patience.

Peace of mind is what everyone want.

I have desired to do good, but I have not desired to make noise, because I have felt that noise did no good and that good made no noise.

Sometimes the most important thing to do is to do nothing.

The best remedy in situation is calmness.

Don't talk for five minutes, there's a good chap! I've a strange feeling come over me--almost as if I were going to think!

La identificación con su mente, que hace que el pensamiento se vuelva compulsivo. No ser capaz de dejar de pensar es una calamidad terrible, pero no nos damos cuenta de ello porque casi todo el mundo esta sufriendolo, así que se considera normal. Este ruido mental incesante nos impide encontrar ese reino de quietud interior que es inseparable del Ser.