Inner peace Quote by Caroline Emelia Stephen

True inward quietness is not that which may be produced by shutting out all outward causes of distraction -- a process which, when carried…

— Caroline Emelia Stephen

External silence can be the doorway to inner silence.

— Ram Dass

“The unusual thing about quiet is that when you seek it, it is almost impossible to achieve. When you strive for quiet, you become…

— Hilary Thayer Hamann

Presence is a state of inner spaciousness

— Eckhart Tolle

“By quieting externally, you gain the space internally. Life is a flow - it goes on. Good or bad, it will always change.”

— Amit Ray

What barrier is so insurmountable as silence?

— Marcel Proust

Oneness is inner silence, which remains undisturbed by external factors. This silence is not the opposite of noise. That is inner Oneness.

— Kalki Bhagavan

A great silent space holds all of nature in its embrace. It also holds you.

— Eckhart Tolle

Quiet is the absence of sound. Silence is the presence of silence.

— Robert Fripp

Sound: always in a state of emergence or decay

— David Toop

“...because silence, too, has an echo, hollower and longer-lasting than the reverberations of any sound.”

— Salman Rushdie

Quiet is the element of discerning what is essential.

— Gordon Hempton