“Any clear thing that blinds us with surprise, your wandering silences and bright trouvailles, dolphin let loose to catch the flashing fish...… — Robert Lowell Copy Share Image
“Words. I’m surrounded by thousands of words. Maybe millions. Cathedral. Mayonnaise. Pomegranate. Mississippi. Neapolitan. Hippopotamus. Silky. Terrifying. Iridescent. Tickle. Sneeze. Wish. Worry.… — Sharon M. Draper Copy Share Image
“You have a vision. The stink of the opossum, or possibly the Kodiak bear, is rising into the air around you, and… — Kim Addonizio Copy Share Image
The iron hand of necessity commands, and her stern decree is supreme law, to which the gods even must submit. In deep… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
My car's my best friend. My office. My home. My location. I have a very intimate sense when I am in a… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
Silence comes in two varieties: One that nourishes and comforts; another that chokes, smothers, and isolates. Solitary confinement is the worst kind… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
If sound is music and came from silence, then silence is potentially greater than sound. If the sound is effective, it should… — Keith Jarrett Copy Share Image
Meditation is making research into yourself, and into the subtler fields of activity. Day after day we culture our minds with the… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
We're all afraid of the same stuff. Mostly we're afraid that we're secretly not okay, that we're disgusting, or frauds, or about… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“The silence of a convent at night is the silence of the grave. Too far removed from the busy world without for… — Catherine Crowe Copy Share Image
In Silence the heart illumines; veil after veil is removed.In the heart shines the Light of Love.When the Light of Love is… — Kirpal Singh Copy Share Image