Quotes About Stillness

remind me that woman must be still as the axis of a wheel in the midst of her activities; that she must be the pioneer in achieving this stillness, not only for her own salvation, but for the salvation of family life, of society, perhaps even of our civilization.

Charles Morgan describes as "the stilling of the soul within the activities of the mind and body so that it might be still as the axis of a revolving wheel is still.

This beautiful image is to my mind the one that women could hold before their eyes. This is an end toward which we could strive - to be the still axis within the revolving wheel of relationships, obligations and activities.

that inner stillness which Charles Morgan describes as "the stilling of the soul within the activities of the mind and body so that it might be still as the axis of a revolving wheel is still.

She must find that inner stillness which Charles Morgan describes as "the stilling of the soul within the activities of the mind and body so that it might be still as the axis of a revolving wheel is still.

Silence. All around him silence, wrapping up his spoken words and making them loud. Making them sharp in the stillness, like a movement, like a drop in temperature. Silence. There

His mind was horrifyingly empty and still; and he felt the loneliness and the stillness of the rooms completely.

His expression changed. He grew sad, agitated, without moving so much as a muscle and the tears come up in his eyes. How wise he seemed for his years. How strangely compassionate.

Stillness was dangerous for us when we were among mortals, Marius had taught me, for in stillness we appear flawless and unearthly and finally even faintly terrible to mortals, who sense that we are not what we seem.

An empty house has its own special silence. It is like a great held breath.

Sitting still all summer . . . was the height of my ambition.

A strange stillness had settled over him, as well, a waiting. The earth was shifting beneath him, and he had the hideous suspicion that his entire life was about to change if he didn't get out of there, now. Away from the unexpected, undeniable lure of the dowdy young woman in front of him.

Whenever there is stillness there is the still small voice, God's speaking from the whirlwind, nature's old song, and dance...

The silence is not suppression; instead, it is all there is.

There was only silence. It was the silence of matter caught in the act and embarrassed. There were no cells moving, and yet there were cells. I could see the shape of the land, how it lay holding silence. Its poise and its stillness were unendurable, like the ring of the silence you hear in your skull when you're little and notice you're living the ring which resumes later in life when you're sick.

it is everlastingly funny that the proud, metaphysically ambitious, clamoring mind will hush if you give it an egg.

It was entirely silent and I tried to breathe its peace.

Lifeless corpses

As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make friends with the quietness of our sensations.

Meditation may be done in silence & stillness, by using voice & sound, or by engaging the body in movement. All forms emphasize the training of attention.

Like the coffin was settling down for a long, long nap, for a forever nap.

I stupidly hoped that time would stand still if I stayed still.

Silence was his short bow and quiver of arrows.

Be Still, be still, she would say between her teeth, but Arnold loved his body too much to remain still.