Busy Quote by Alan Watts

“Accept this reality: It is your mind’s job to think—24/7. And it’s not going to stop just because you sit down for 8 minutes…

— Victor Davich

I have naturally formed the habit of restraining my thoughts. A thoughtless word hardly ever escaped my tongue or pen. Experience has taught me…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Most people can’t stomach silence; it provides too much opportunity to think about things they prefer to avoid.

— Ann Aguirre

Silence has been destroyed, but also the idea that it's important to learn how another person thinks, to enter the mind of another person.…

— Gary Shteyngart

Silence causes people to obsess over their thoughts. The quieter it becomes, the more you think.

— Anonymous

I have finally learned that I must remain silent as much as possible. I must always keep my thoughts to myself.

— Sadegh Hedayat

We can't stand silence, because silence induces thinking. And if we thought, we would have to face ourselves.

— Agnes de Mille

If you're silent for a long time, people just arrive in your mind.

— Alice Walker

Why are you so petrified of silence, here can you handle this? Did you think about your bills, your ex, your deadlines or when…

— Alanis Morissette

I get tired of talking when I want to be silent.

— Henry Rollins

I feel that silence is the greatest word, ever. When you don't talk, people begin to read things into you or you become what…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

Silence. There are times it's the only thing I want and I wonder how I'll ever go back to the world of noise and…

— Eric Lange