Stillness Quotes

383 Stillness quotes by 227 unique authors

Dada is not modern at all, it is rather a return to a quasi-Buddhist religion of indifference. Dada puts an artificial sweetness onto things, a… — Tristan Tzara
If ever you do go back, what is it you want of Evesham?" "Do I know? [...] The silence, it might be ... or the… — Ellis Peters
I find that the only way to get through life is to picture myself in an entirely disconnected reality. I often imagine how people would… — Joe Dunthorne
Her vision of the world under the water represented a beautiful stillness, a version of heaven. It was the lost city of Lena, her alternate… — Ann Brashares
He works at the kennel with Nana," Ben piped up. "And I think him and Mom are dating." At that, a stillness fell over a… — Nicholas Sparks
There was only silence. It was the silence of matter caught in the act and embarrassed. There were no cells moving, and yet there were… — Annie Dillard
I like this day; I like that sky of steel; I like the sternness and stillness of the world under this frost. — Charlotte Bronte
For a moment, they all stood staring at each other. Then Holly shattered the stillness by throwing herself at Angela. "God, Angie!" she exclaimed, arms… — Sarah Rees Brennan
We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before; But the silence was… — Edgar Allan Poe
I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness. — Emily Dickinson
No domestic animal can be as still as a wild animal. The civilized people have lost the aptitude of stillness, and must take lessons in… — Isak Dinesen
Space and silence are two aspects of the same thing. The same no-thing. They are externalization of inner space and inner silence, which is stillness:… — Eckhart Tolle
The only way to gain power in a world that is moving too fast is to learn to slow down. And the only way to… — Marianne Williamson
Then I played the song that hides in the center of me. That wordless music that moves through the secret places in my heart. I… — Patrick Rothfuss
There are times when the air that floats between mortals becomes, in its stillness and silence, as cruel as the edge of a scythe. — Mervyn Peake
Life cannot be cut off quickly. One cannot be dead until the things he changed are dead. His effect is the only evidence of his… — John Steinbeck
As I lay on my back in bed staring up at the blank, white ceiling the stillness seemed to grow bigger and bigger until I… — Sylvia Plath
Why are we such tortured human beings, with tears in our eyes and false laughter on our lips? If you could walk alone among those… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
She followed the pleasure where it led. She had no weight, no name, no thoughts, no history. Then came a burst of phosphorescence, as though… — Elizabeth Gilbert
The stillness of the calm is awful. His voice begins to grow strange and portentous. He feels it in him like something swallowed too big… — Herman Melville
Be the silent watcher of your thoughts and behavior. You are beneath the thinker. You are the stillness beneath the mental noise. You are the… — Eckhart Tolle
In the days that follow, it's movement, not stillness, that helps to keep the grief at bay. — Veronica Roth
Mr Blawke always reminded me of a heron; I'm not sure why. Something to do with a sense of rapacious stillness, perhaps, and also the… — Iain Banks
Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself — Hermann Hesse

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