Silently Quotes

337 quotes by 276 authors

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it. — Henry Adams
Cartoonist was the weirdest name I finally let myself have. I would never say it. When I heard it I silently thought, what an awful… — Lynda Barry
Christ's public life extended only over eighteen months, and for this he had silently been preparing himself for thirty - two years. — Swami Vivekananda
It is not a question of sitting silently, it is not a question of chanting a mantra. It is a question of understanding the subtle… — Rajneesh
Meditation is not contemplation because it is not thinking at all - consistent, inconsistent, crazy, sane. It is not thinking at all; it is witnessing.… — Rajneesh
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has taken us a lifetime to learn...for silence is pure. Silence is holy. It draws… — Nicholas Sparks
Walking the streets of Tokyo with Hawking in his wheelchair ... I felt as if I were taking a walk through Galilee with Jesus Christ… — Freeman Dyson
It's better to cry than be angry, because anger hurts others while tears flow silently through the soul and cleans the heart. — Pope John Paul II
Silently hear everyone. Accept what is good. Reject and forget what is not. This is intelligent living. — Chinmayananda Saraswati
God writes spiritual Mysteries on our heart, where they wait silently for discovery. — Rumi
All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than the animals that know nothing. A day will come when science will… — Maurice Maeterlinck
How do we meditate silently? Just by not talking, just by not using outer words, we are not doing silent meditation. Silent meditation is totally… — Sri Chinmoy
The teaching of the buddhas is: Find time and a place to remain unoccupied. That's what meditation is all about. Find at least one hour… — Rajneesh
Go deep into meditation. and be meditation I mean silence, awareness, witnessing. You can meditate any time of the day, you can meditate working, walking,… — Rajneesh
Meditation is unfocussed mind, you simply listen silently, not with a tension in the mind, not with an urge to know and learn, no, with… — Rajneesh
So silently, peacefully, without hurry, without any tension, without any anguish, move into yourself instantly. It is urgent. Unless meditation becomes urgent to you, it… — Rajneesh
Meditation, witnessing, silently sitting and looking at the mind, will be of much help. Not forcing, simply sitting and looking. Not doing much, just watching… — Rajneesh
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
The Rolling Stones suffered a great loss with the death of Ian Stewart, the man who had for so many years played piano quietly and… — Andy Peebles
Straight Americans need an education of the heart and soul. They must understand - to begin with - how it can feel to spend years… — Bruce Bawer

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