Quiet Quotes
2761 Quiet quotes by 1865 unique authors
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Buddhas can take you to the boundary line of meditation and samadhi. That is the only difference between meditation and samadhi. If your mind has…
— Rajneesh
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To have a quiet mind is to possess one's mind wholly; to have a calm spirit is to possess one's self.
— Hamilton Wright Mabie
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I'm in a different chapter of my life. As time goes by and I grow older, I find that I need to just be quiet…
— Martin Scorsese
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There is a quiet humor in Yiddish and a gratitude for every day of life, every crumb of success, each encounter of love... In a…
— Isaac Bashevis Singer
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The intellect of most men is barren. They neither fertilize or are fertilized. It is the marriage of the soul with nature that makes the…
— Henry David Thoreau
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The true creativity comes out of sitting silently. When you are so totally quiet that there is no thought, no wave in the ocean of…
— Rajneesh
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Grandfathers do have a special place in the lives of their children's children. They can delight and play with them and even indulge them in…
— Alvin Francis Poussaint
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On quiet nights, when I'm alone, I like to run our wedding video backwards, just to watch myself walk out of the church a free…
— Jim Davidson
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I'm a firm believer in quiet confidence. By that I mean knowing inwardly that you are good, and not exhibiting a boastful attitude outwardly. If…
— Unknown Author
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Wouldn't it be wonderful if every home had good books instead of knick-knacks and plastic flowers on the bookshelves? And wouldn't it be great if…
— Ernest L. Boyer
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We got trapped in the limo during a thunderstorm on our way to the reception. The bride wanted to wait for the storm to pass…
— Julie Roberts
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Everyone can identify with a fragrant garden, with beauty of sunset, with the quiet of nature, with a warm and cozy cottage.
— Thomas Kinkade
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Prowling his own quiet backyard or asleep by the fire, he is still only a whisker away from the wilds.
— Jean Burden
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His markings, month by month, became more beautiful, lines of autumn bracken colours with shapes which reminded me of currents on a quiet sea. True…
— Derek Tangye
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Character is formed, not by laws, commands, and decrees, but by quiet influence, unconscious suggestion and personal guidance.
— Marion LeRoy Burton
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People who take the time to be alone usually have depth, originality, and quiet reserve.
— John Miller
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We will be able to depart this life with the quiet peace-giving notion, that we were permitted to contribute to the happiness of many who…
— Reinout Willem van Bemmelen
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All quiet along the Potomac tonight, no sound save the rush of the river, while soft falls the dew on the face of the dead,…
— Ethel Lynn Beers
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Gentle words, quiet words, are after all the most powerful words. They are more convincing, more compelling, more prevailing.
— Washington Gladden
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The quiet hour of prayer is one of the most favorable opportunities
— Ole Hallesby
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The wonderful structure of the animal system will probably never permit us to look upon it as a merely physical apparatus, yet the demands of…
— John Gorrie
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In cities no one is quiet but many are lonely; in the country, people are quiet but few are lonely.
— Geoffrey Fisher
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But I want to pay tribute to Anna Lee Woodruff, an extraordinary, selfless woman and beautiful grandmother who in her quiet determined way was a…
— Judy Woodruff
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Swift as the wind. Quiet as the forest. Conquer like the fire. Steady as the mountain
— Sun Tzu
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When they took the Fourth Amendment, I was silent because I don't deal drugs. When they took the Sixth Amendment, I kept quiet because I…
— Unknown Author
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