Quotes About Stillness

There was, indeed, no life. Stillness and silence ruled here. In fact Tiffany, who cared a lot about getting words right, would have said it was a hush, which is not the same as silence. A hush is what you get in cathedrals at midnight.

And, with alarming suddenness, nothing happened.

I believe that spiritual resistance -- the ability to stand firm at the center of our convictions when everything around us asks us to concede, that our capacity to face the harsh measures of a life, comes from the deep quiet of listening to the land, the river the rocks. There is a resonance of humility that has evolved with the earth. It is the best retrieved in solitude amidst the stillness of days in the desert.

Miniature rock murals are everywhere. Who were these artists, these scribes? When were they here? And what did they witness? Time has so little meaning in the center of the desert. The land holds a collective memory in the stillness of open spaces. Perhaps our only obligation is to listen and remember.

and for a moment she was left blessedly alone.

We do so much, we run so quickly, the situation is difficult, and many people say, Don't just sit there, do something. But doing more things may make the situation worse. So you should say, Don't just do something, sit there. Sit there, stop, be yourself first, and begin from there.

Mindful breathing is the vehicle that you use to go back to your true home.

dwell deeply in the present moment.

Peace is every step.

If you think while you walk, you're not really walking.

When you walk, arrive with every step. That is walking meditation. There's nothing else to it.

When you are calm, when you are still, you see things as they truly are. You don't distort things. When you are not calm, it's easy to get confused and angry. All of us make a lot of mistakes and create a lot of suffering when we are not calm.

The instant you sit down to meditate, begin watching your breath. At first breathe normally, gradually letting your breathing slow down until it is quiet, even, and the lengths of the breaths are fairly long. From the moment you sit down to the moment your breathing has become deep and silent, be conscious of everything

Peace is all around us and within us.

The key to creating a home meditation practice is to create a space where the busyness stops.

Do not allow your heart to whirl in the pleasures of senses.

Place your left hand, palm side up, in your right palm. Let all the muscles in your hands, fingers, arms, and legs relax. Let go of everything.

Many of us continue to run even in our sleep. We can never rest. In our dreams, in our nightmares, we continue to run.

I prefer the still joy: The wasp drinking at the edge of my cup; A snake lifting its head; A snail's music.

A lively understandable spirit Once entertained you. It will come again. Be still. Wait.

A mind too active is no mind at all. --Infirmity

Sometimes I sets and thinks, and sometimes I just sets.

Sometimes I sets and thinks, and sometimes I just sets." The former is easy enough, and is what even an accomplished loafer has to go through before he reaches the latter and more blissful state. It takes years of practice to relax sufficiently to be able to "just set." I'd learned it years ago. But

Stillness is the foundation of understanding and insight.