Literature transforms and intensifies ordinary language, deviates systematically from everyday speech. If you approach me at a bus stop and murmur Thou… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
The world is hard and cruel. We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither. We must be very… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Against the suffering which may come upon one from human relationships the readiest safeguard is voluntary isolation, keeping oneself aloof from other… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
But what was there to say? Only that there were tears. Only that Quietness and Emptiness fitted together like stacked spoons. Only… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
This silence, this moment, every moment, If it's genuinely inside you, brings what you need. — Rumi Copy Share Image
“There's quiet because you don't need to say anything, and then there's quiet because you don't want to say something. --Marisol” — Francisco X. Stork Copy Share Image
“When I say I love the silence, I'm not being entirely truthful. What I actually love are the abundant, delicate sounds that… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
As regards the quietude of the sage, he is not quiet because quietness is said to be good. He is quiet because… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
I know, perhaps as well as anyone, what depression means, and what it is to feel myself sinking lower and lower. Yet… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness.” — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Let no one who has the slightest desire to live in peace and quietness be tempted, under any circumstances, to enter upon… — William Thoms Copy Share Image
Most artists try to break your heart, or they accidentally break their own hearts.But I find the quietness in the ordinary much… — Robert Rauschenberg Copy Share Image
No. The blues are because you're getting fat and maybe it's been raining too long; you're just sad, that's all. The mean… — Audrey Hepburn Copy Share Image
Meditation is first quietness. We live in a great din. It is well to see (for who sees it not will have… — James Vila Blake Copy Share Image
“It was curious how quiet that last evening was; as if I had already left, and we were just two ghosts talking… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
When the faith is strong enough, it is sufficient just to be. It's a journey towards simplicity, towards quietness, towards a kind… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Joy draws its nourishment from quietness and from the unfathomable. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness of mind; Teach us to be patient and always to be kind. — Helen Steiner Rice Copy Share Image
I’ve tried that. I’ve tried aspirin, too. Rusty thinks I should smoke marijuana, and I did for a while, but it only… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
I think maybe God was trying to tell me that gentleness begins with strength, quietness with security. A great tree is both… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
The master action, to move forward is a form of inaction; being still and quiet. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The very attention given to finding out if the mind can be completely quiet is quietness. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
A large, still book is a piece of quietness, succulent and nourishing in a noisy world, which I approach and imbibe with… — Holbrook Jackson Copy Share Image
The devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness. — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
