Quotes About Stillness

Everything, even the dirt, was poised.

I didn't move: I had no moving left in me.

If you simplify your life, quit chasing the wind, and be quiet before Him, He'll show up.

Be still and be aware. Look at each other for a few minutes. You may experience or feel the divine presence within the person in front of you. You may even experience or feel divine love and divine bliss. Silently say, "I AM THAT I AM. I salute the I AM within you. I salute the divine presence within you. Atma namaste!

The outbreath is like a whetstone, and the mind is like the knife or sword that is being sharpened on that stone. When you sharpen a knife, you draw the blade of the knife across the sharpening stone. Following your outbreath is like drawing the blade of mind across the breath. Then

The purpose of the practice of meditation is to experience the gaps. We do nothing, essentially, and see what that brings—either discomfort or relief, whatever the case may be. The starting point for the practice of meditation is the mindfulness discipline of developing peace. The peace we experience in meditation is simply this state of doing nothing, which is experiencing the absence of speed.

When you are meditating, whether you are alone or sharing the space with others, you always hold your seat properly. Then you feel that you are doing the practice with dignity. When you sit down to meditate, you are making a connection with the earth, whether you sit in a chair or on a cushion. It's almost as if a message is coming from the earth, encouraging you to hold your seat properly.

Her stillness defeated his storm.

Even the bureaucracy does not shatter the stillness.

Das ist natürlich etwas schwierig zu erklären, aber es ist ein bisschen so, als finde man seinen Platz in der Welt. Es ist kein Sog mehr, kein Ohnmächtigwerden angesichts des Lebens, das neben einem so abläuft, sondern ein Stillsein. Ja, genau das ist es: Ein Stillsein. Die Stille.

Clarity is often found in stillness.

the haunted always take refuge in stillness.

The birds have vanished into the sky, And now the last cloud fades away. We sit together, the mountain and I, until only the mountain remains. LI PO

The path to wisdom is to dress up and stay home.

Silence is more musical than any song.

Lie still, lie still, my breaking heart; My silent heart, lie still and break: Life, and the world, and mine own self, are changed For a dream's sake.

In the bleak mid-winter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak mid-winter Long ago.

All the best gods are made of stone and say nothing.

La non-action, c'est la respiration de l'action. C'est comme le silence après le bruit. C'est s'efforcer, dans bien des moments de son quotidien, de ne pas passer tout de suite à autre chose, à une autre action. Décider de prendre le temps, non pas de réfléchir mais de ressentir, de se laisser doucement envahir par le sillage de ce que l'on vient de faire, et la présence de l'instant.

Ei surusta ole sanottavaa Se on vihollinen jonka syliin rauhoitut

Ich legte mich auf den Boden und hörte die Welt ihre Runden drehn im Gleichschritt der Verwesung.

They stand close for a while, not touching, but breathing each other's breath. The city is silent now, as if for peace.

that when you wanted to see something very badly,sometimes you had to stay still,stay in the same place, remember how much you wanted to see it,and be patient.If you want to see hawks you have to be patient too.

Looking at those last photos was like flipping through a book of silence.