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title: "6 Being-still Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [ “I'd been drowning, \[...\] I'd been flailing on the surface. But what I really needed to do to save myself was let… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle/i-d-been-drowning-i-d-been-flailing-on-the-surface-but-what-i-really/)

[Glennon Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle/)

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> [“When thinking is overrated And friends are easy to make, Check if it's too complicated Knowing yourself somehow... Inner peace's not hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ana-claudia-antunes/when-thinking-is-overrated-and-friends-are-easy-to-make-check-if-it-s/)

[Ana Claudia Antunes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ana-claudia-antunes/)

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> [“There are seasons when to be still demands immeasurably higher strength than to act.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-bottome/there-are-seasons-when-to-be-still-demands-immeasurably-higher/)

[Margaret Bottome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-bottome/)

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> [“In our stillness, we acknowledge God's greatness and we are at peace in our life. Stillness saturates us in the Presence of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-yen-a-gardner/in-our-stillness-we-acknowledge-god-s-greatness-and-we-are-at-peace/)

[E'yen A. Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-yen-a-gardner/)

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> [“Voices Voices in my head, Chanting, 'Kisses. Bread. Prove yourself. Fight. Shove. Learn. Earn. Look for love', Drown a lesser voice, Silent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/voices-voices-in-my-head-chanting-kisses-bread-prove-yourself-fight/)

[Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/)

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> [“He forced his mind clear of other thoughts and waited. Stillness, he had learned, did not come naturally. He practiced it. Sometimes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-musser/he-forced-his-mind-clear-of-other-thoughts-and-waited-stillness-he/)

[Elizabeth Musser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-musser/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7d/elizabeth-musser-36766_being-still_he-forced-his-mind-clear-of-other-though_1808362.jpg)

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