When you rest in quietness and your image of yourself fades, and your image of the world fades, and your ideas of… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
Now I beg of you to tell me whether I must love a human being simply because he exists or resembles me… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
It felt very good to have him walking beside her. Good like rest and quiet, like something you could live without but… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Today is not the day you quit. Nor is it the day you cry. Today you know that you have all the… — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
There are so many noises and pulls and competing demands in our lives that many of us never find out who we… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
The comptroller of New York City ought to have all the characteristics of a major corporation's CFO - quiet rigor, obsessive care… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
I don't know about other writers, but for myself, to write I must be relatively quiet - it's very difficult to write… — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
When my dad died, I developed a nervous habit. He was very shy and quiet, and I was like him. — Crystal Gayle Copy Share Image
The expressive word "quiet" defines the dress, manners, bow, and even physiognomy of every true denizen of St. James and Bond street. — Nathaniel Parker Willis Copy Share Image
The future of modern society depends much more on the quiet heroism of the very few who are inspired by God. These… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The Hours is in fact a lovely triumph. Cunningham honors both Mrs. Dalloway and its creator with unerring sensitivity, thanks to his… — Gail Caldwell Copy Share Image
I feel like everything with me gets blown out of proportion. I think it's because I'm so quiet about things that people… — LaMarcus Aldridge Copy Share Image
It's my personality to be more quiet and reserved. I'm not going out every night to multiple things. I prefer to stay… — Aerin Lauder Copy Share Image
The bourgeois treasures nothing more highly than the self.... And so at the cost of intensity he achieves his own preservation andsecurity.… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
If you're a leader, it's important to set aside time to quiet yourself and listen for God's direction. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
By being with yourself, the 'I am', by watching yourself in your daily life with alert interest, with the intention to understand… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
For those of us who got into good colleges or the professions, did we stand up to that high school history teacher… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When you speak words that are relevant to people, they automatically shut up and you know you are in the presence of… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
“If what a person wants is his life, he tends to be quiet about wanting anything else. Once the life begins to… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
