Stilled Quotes
39 quotes by 39 authors
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Today the guns are silent. A great tragedy has ended. A great victory has been won. The skies no longer rain with death - the…
— Douglas MacArthur
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Here comes a man of comfort, whose advice Hath often stilled my brawling discontent.
— William Shakespeare
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When music sounds, gone is the earth I know, And all her lovelier things even lovelier grow; Her flowers in vision flame, her forest trees…
— Walter de La Mare
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Although the constant shadow of certain death looms over everyday, the pleasures and joys of life can be so fine and affecting that the heart…
— Dean Koontz
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Never in this world can hatred be stilled by hatred; it will be stifled by non-hatred - this is the law Eternal.
— Gautama Buddha
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The fact is that the learning process goes on, and so long as the voices are not stilled and the singers go on singing some…
— Morris West
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As a result of the sacred ordinances performed in the holy house of God, no light need be permanently extinguished, no voice permanently stilled, no…
— Thomas S. Monson
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Divine happiness, even the tiniest particle of a grain of it, never leaves one again; and when one attains to the essence of things and…
— Anandamayi Ma
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We’ve learned that it will take more than one generation to bring about change. The fight for civil rights has developed into a broader concern…
— Mary Travers
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Like billowing clouds, Like the incessant gurgle of the brook The longing of the spirit can never be stilled.
— Hildegard of Bingen
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Love is active penetration of the other person, in which my desire to know is stilled by union. In the act of fusion I know…
— Erich Fromm
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To experience beauty, love, truth and peace, or God, your mind has to be stilled.
— Barry Long
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Women say . . . that if men had to have babies there would soon be no babies in the world. . . . I…
— Robertson Davies
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When the restlessness of the mind, intellect and self is stilled through the practice of Yoga, the yogi by the grace of the Spirit within…
— B.K.S. Iyengar
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While Thee I seek, protecting Power, Be my vain wishes stilled; And may this consecrated hour With better hopes be filled.
— Helen Maria Williams
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It is not that God is stingy and must be coaxed, for He "giveth liberally and upbraideth not." It is that we ourselves are so…
— Vance Havner
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What is joy? Joy is nothing but the Self. When desires are fulfilled, the mind is stilled. This allows the Self to shine forth and…
— Lester Levenson
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Twilight's soft dews steal o'er the village-green, With magic tints to harmonize the scene. Stilled is the hum that through the hamlet broke When round…
— Samuel Rogers
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With passions stilled and one's nature firm, all destinies are in harmony; When the full moon of contemplation is reached you will be pure.
— Wu Cheng'en
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I closed my eyes, put my right hand on top of the book, and passed it lightly across the cover. It was cool and smooth…
— Katherine Hannigan
Who Wrote These Stilled Quotes
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