Quotes About Stillness

Do you know what makes for a good still life? I'll tell you: it's when the painter manages to convey a sense that something is about to happen. The objects in the painting all look immobile, but as you contemplate them you begin to feel that at any moment there could be movement. Somebody might come into the room. A storm might blow up outside. The wind will move the curtains. All of these things might happen.

What is death? One step further into calm and two perhaps into silence.

Some motionless conflict in the sky

You, little Dragon Keeper, are important in Wulder's plan. I would give you wisdom if it were like a gem to be plucked from one of my crowns. But I can only whisper caution. I can only say, 'Be still when dark clouds threaten. Listen for the word of Wulder.

The ancient path is the path of quiet. So turn off the noise. Turn off all the electronic devices. Yes. All of them. Even turn off the music. Turn off your own thoughts…harder than it sounds, by the way! But it gets easier with practice. Just be quiet for a season. Listen for that still, small voice. God has wonderful things to say to you and about you.

I want to stay on the back porch while the world tilts toward sleep, until what I love misses me, and calls me in.

She looked at Farrell because there was nothing else to look at.

Preciso desta calma, preciso do nada no caos de tudo.

Bottoming can "turn off our brains" – giving us a quiet respite, in the endorphin high of pain play, the stillness of bondage, or the clarity of giving good service, from the day-to-day clutter and chatter of existence.

Not saying everything you think isn't about choosing to allow your body language to do the talking instead of speaking your thoughts aloud. It's about refraining from both! Keeping quiet and still.

For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.

It is in the stillness of our own self that we can learn those things that escape us in the noise of the market place...

Gray day. Everything is gray. I watch. But nothing moves today.

Das Dao liebt nicht Geschäftigkeit. Geschäftigkeit führt zu Überlastung; Überlastung führt zu Unruhe; Unruhe führt zu Sorgen, und mit Sorgen ist man rettungslos verloren.

Trees don't ask why they don't move from place to place, nor do they ask any other meaningless questions. But their branches tremble when the birds leave them,

A life without a lonely place, that is, without a quiet center, becomes destructive.

Vienne la nuit sonne l'heure Les jours s'en vont je demeure

Life without zazen is like winding your clock without setting it. It runs perfectly well, but it dosen't tell time.

Meditation, in all its forms and traditions, is an invitation to listen, to open, to quietly enlist the courage to be touched and formed by life.

What will happen in your life if you accept the invitation to stillness cannot be known ... what can be known is you will have a larger capacity to truly meet whatever appears.

There is no greater source of strength and power for me in my life than going still, being quiet and recognizing what real power is.

I learned that the interior of life was as rewarding as the exterior of life, and that my richest moments occurred when I was absolutely still.

Spend time in silence. Take time to get to know yourself and your genius in stillness.

The world turns. And it turns. And it moves and you don't. You're still here.