Thought ceases in meditation; even the mind's elements are quite quiet. Blood circulation stops. His breath stops, but he is not dead. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Being quiet is comfortable. Keeping things the way they've been is comfortable. And all comfort has done is maintain the status quo. — Luvvie Ajayi Copy Share Image
There is no "playing with truth" in the Charkha programme, for satyagraha is not predominantly civil disobedience but a quiet and irresistible… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
He wondered how he could ever have thought of the planets, even of the Earth, as islands of life and reality floating… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Ladies and gentlemen....." His voice is quiet, but mine rings through the room. "Let the Seventy-sixth Hunger Games begin! — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
On the path to truth, you can't see many people; truth's way is calm and quiet. Look around you, friend! Are there… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
You're wrong," I told her. "I lost that faith a long time ago." She looked at me as I said this, an… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
It is a quiet and peaceful place - and a fitting place for the remains of this greatest of sea tragedies to… — Robert Ballard Copy Share Image
I used to go up to her house. She lived upstate [in New York] and I lived in Manhattan; you're living in… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
It's certainly in dreams of people, you know, that they do something big. Most of the time they keep it secret because,… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
I don't know if hep C is called 'the quiet killer,' but it easily could be, so unnoticeably does it nestle into… — Lance Loud Copy Share Image
I was a terrible history student. They taught me history as if it were a visit to a wax museum or to… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
I remember going out alone in a canoe. Somebody told me to lie in the bottom of the canoe and just drift.… — Lorne Greene Copy Share Image
Each time, before you intercede, be quiet first, and worship God in His glory. Think of what He can do, and how… — Andrew Murray Copy Share Image
If you are obsessively active, please at least pause to ask yourself why and to listen for the answer from the still,… — Sue Thoele Copy Share Image
We can bear the heavy load without asking to have it lightened. We can keep the sorrow now and endure it. We… — J.R. Miller Copy Share Image
That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm, quiet interchange of sentiments.... — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Theology is-- or should be-- a species of poetry,which read quickly or encountered in a hubbub of noise makes no sense. You… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
Although I was calm as a child, I had this restlessness about me–this need and hunger to create my own world. Poetry… — Masiela Lusha Copy Share Image
There is a mystery within all beings bursting to reveal itself, in the ones who become quiet enough to discover it. In… — Mooji Copy Share Image
I love to be alone, I find it necessary, but I don't know if that's just how I am or if it's… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
During a round, unless the crowd is quiet, which a lot of times it isn't in my fights, you're standing there and… — Travis Browne Copy Share Image
I think everyone is equally psychic. But through the practice of meditation, you learn to make your thoughts quiet and become more… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The intellect of most men is barren. They neither fertilize or are fertilized. It is the marriage of the soul with nature… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I don't know how anyone gets anything done in New York City. I vastly prefer living in the country. I just need… — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
It must be tiring being Bob Dylan for the past 50 years. People act like he's not even human, which must be… — Winston Marshall Copy Share Image
But when I fell in love with black, it contained all color. It wasn’t a negation of color. It was an acceptance.… — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Copy Share Image
Be deaf unto the suggestions of tale-bearers, calumniators, pick-thank or malevolent detractors, who, while quiet men sleep, sowing the tares of discord… — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Silence means they [the audience] are paying attention. Even if I drop bombs and they're dead quiet, it's still okay. If they… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
The soul is never quiet till it comes to God . . . and that is the one thing the soul desireth. — Richard Sibbes Copy Share Image
Then, I turned around and walked to my room and closed my door and put my head under my pillow and let… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
The birds are silent in the woods. / Just wait: soon enough / You will be quiet too — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
United always had that flag which counted the years City were without a title, making fun of our fans. After the 6-1,… — Edin Dzeko Copy Share Image
Could the two people who are making out please be quiet?" the Colonel asked loudly from his sleeping bag. "Those of us… — John Green Copy Share Image