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Quotes About Quietude

Silence does not come," said Tadis. "It is always there. You are simply aware of it.
~ Kate Banks
Energía... todo es energía. Se malgasta tanta... Las montañas... Dentro de la montaña hay quietud; el centro es sereno. Pero es afuera donde está el problema. Los humanos sólo pueden ver el exterior, pero se puede ir
~ Brian L. Weiss
No wonder there had been some among the hunters who namelessly transported and allured by all this serenity, had ventured to assail it; but had fatally found that quietude but the vesture of tornadoes.
~ Herman Melville
I have no message.
~ Zinedine Zidane
silence surrounds me almost audibly
~ C.G. Jung
Voices beyond my ability to measure suddenly hushing all at once.
~ Cameron Dokey
His retreat into himself is not a final renunciation of the world, but a search for quietude, where alone it is possible for him to make his contribution to the life of the community.
~ Carl Jung
True happiness is of a retired nature and an enemy to pomp and noise; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self; and, in the next, from the friendship and conversations of a few select companions.
~ Joseph Addison
Strongest minds are often those whom the noisy world hears least.
~ William Wordsworth
It is remarkable, that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most perfect quietude to the external regulations of society. The thoughts alone suffice them, without investing itself in the flesh and blood of action.
~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
It is remarkable, that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most quietude to the external regulations of society. The thought suffices them, without investing itself in the flesh and blood of action
~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
Sometimes I sits and thinks. Other times I sits and drinks, but mostly I just sits.
~ Neal Cassady
The most successful salesperson was offering a product called Touch of Quietude, which sounded more like a feminine hygiene product than a death delivery system.
~ Neal Shusterman
He just stares. He's so quiet. That's the way we want him. Still water runs deep. Not with this one. The only thing that runs deep with him are the holes in his ears.
~ Charles Bukowski
The irrelevance cum sensationalism of mainstream media, its strange quietude on vital issues, its publicity posing as journalism did their job and mangled my own hapless, helpless unspeakable thoughts.
~ Toni Morrison
When you enter your secret chamber, take plenty of time before you begin to speak. Let quietude wield its influence upon you. Let the fact that you are alone assert itself. Give your soul time to get released from the many outward things. Give God time to play the prelude to prayer for the benefit of your distracted soul.
~ O. Hallesby
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 Spurgeon
Even the donkeys were quiet.
~ Christopher Paolini
Be courageous: be still.
~ Gina Greenlee
Silencing the mind was a greater task than stilling the body.
~ Jacqueline Winspear
Don't let anything disturb your inner peace and tranquilly.
~ Debasish Mridha
No man will ever unfold the capacities of his own intellect who does not at least checker his life with solitude.
~ Thomas de Quincey
Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Their silence is sufficient praise.
~ Terence