Stillness Quotes

383 Stillness quotes by 227 unique authors

We spend a great deal of time telling God what we think should be done, and not enough time waiting in the stillness for God… — Peace Pilgrim
There was once a town in the heart of America where all life seemed to live in harmony with its surroundings Then a strange blight… — Rachel Carson
When winds are raging o'er the upper ocean And billows wild contend with angry roar, 'Tis said, far down beneath the wild commotion That peaceful… — Harriet Beecher Stowe
Once you have mastered the ten thousand states of mind, it's paranirvana, the absorption into the stillness forever. — Frederick Lenz
The waking dreams of life as most people know them are spiritual experiences, but there is another order of spiritual experience and that's to be… — Frederick Lenz
Build pockets of stillness into your life. Meditate. Go for walks. Ride your bike going nowhere in particular. There is a creative purpose to daydreaming,… — Maria Popova
The stillness of God is perfect. Nothing has to be added to it. Nothing can be taken away. — Frederick Lenz
When you meditate you can stand back from your desire. When you silence the mind and there is stillness, only then can you tell if… — Frederick Lenz
Very often, in order to bring about stillness we have to be tirelessly active in the outer world. You might suppose this would agitate the… — Frederick Lenz
Selflessness implies fun. Its fun to be free. Freedom is inner stillness and not being haunted by your desires, your fears, your aggressive tendencies ...… — Frederick Lenz
Greed, fear, lust, hate, jealousy, these are part of reality too ... bundles of consciousness wrapped tightly, barbs on which you can injure yourself, volatile… — Frederick Lenz
When everything is moving and shifting, the only way to counteract chaos is stillness. When things feel extraordinary, strive for ordinary. When the surface is… — Kristin Armstrong
The Brightwood Stillness is a novel I could not put down. On the surface, it is the lives of normal people in trying circumstances. Deeper,… — Andrew X. Pham
I think the silence would be good with me, and not interacting with people would be okay. But not being able to move outside of… — Madonna Ciccone
Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance. — Morgan Freeman
It's what I learn from the great actors that I work with. Stillness. That's all and that's the hardest thing. — Morgan Freeman
Still, it can be more effective to accomplish what you need to accomplish with the minimum effort. Watch Anthony Hopkins. He doesn't appear to be… — Morgan Freeman
I get those fleeting, beautiful moments of inner peace and stillness - and then the other 23 hours and 45 minutes of the day, I'm… — Ellen DeGeneres
So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God. — Jim Elliot
There's a point when your tape of life runs off the reel and there's this stillness of your own - I got to know myself. — Melissa Etheridge
For me, the magic of Hawaii comes from the stillness, the sea, the stars. — Joanne Harris
Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding. — Oliver Wendell Holmes
Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far… — Aldous Huxley
Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but a little word from the fingers of another fell into… — Helen Keller

Who Wrote These Stillness Quotes

227 authors contributed a total of 383 Stillness Quotes, led by these top contributors: