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Quiet Quotes by Wendell Berry
- The surface of the quieted river, as I think now, is like a window looking into another world that is like this one except that…
- Ask the world to reveal its quietude- not the silence of machines when they are still, but the true quiet by which birdsongs, trees, bellworts,…
- I dream of a quiet man / who explains nothing and defends nothing, but only knows / where the rarest wildflowers / are blooming, and…
- Geese appear high over us, / pass, and the sky closes. Abandon, / as in love or sleep, holds them to their way, clear /…
- ...And we pray, not for new earth or heaven, but to be quiet in heart, and in eye clear. What we need is here.
- After a while, though the grief did not go away from us, it grew quiet. What had seemed a storm wailing through the entire darkness…
More Quiet Quotes
- Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed. — Neil Armstrong
- Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee. — Saint Augustine
- An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind. — Walter Bagehot
- It is a quiet and peaceful place - and a fitting place for the remains of this greatest of sea tragedies to… — Robert Ballard
- American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it. — Henry Adams
- There is no corner too quiet, or too far away, for a woman to make sorrow in it. — Amelia Barr
- I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery. — Luis Barragan
- Cartoonist was the weirdest name I finally let myself have. I would never say it. When I heard it I silently thought,… — Lynda Barry
- It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become… — Joseph Addison
- Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness. — Samuel Beckett
- That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library. — Aphra Behn
- From quiet homes and first beginning, out to the undiscovered ends, there's nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the… — Hilaire Belloc