Stillness Quotes
383 Stillness quotes by 227 unique authors
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Love works miracles in stillness.
— Herbert Read
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Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast....a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic....So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your…
— Edward Abbey
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Therefore: In dwelling, choose modest quarters, in thinking, value stillness, in dealing with others, be kind, in choosing words, be sincere, in leading, be just,…
— Laozi
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To see another with clarity and objectivity, one first must master stillness.
— Alberto Villoldo
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Men do not mirror themselves in running water - they mirror themselves in still water. Only what is still can still the stillness of other…
— Zhuangzi
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To know another human being in their essence, you don’t really need to know anything about them - their past, their history, their story. We…
— Eckhart Tolle
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I used to think anxiety and insomnia drove me to success, but it was the stillness that let me be good at anything. When you…
— Russell Simmons
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I feel that art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos.
— Saul Bellow
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Amid the stillness of the night, in the depths of the ravine, from the direction in which the corpses lay suddenly resounded a kind of…
— Henryk Sienkiewicz
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Music is a wonderful way of getting in touch with the stillness within.
— Eckhart Tolle
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Day by day become more and more intimate with the inner stillness, joy and love which is the fragrance your own pure heart. Keep quiet.
— Mooji
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Be surprised at nothing. Let peace and stillness flood through you and envelop you completely in its cloak. Put on the whole armor of love…
— Eileen Caddy
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When you are fully present with everyone you meet, you relinquish the conceptual identity you made for them - your interpretation of who they are…
— Eckhart Tolle
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My heart is tuned to the quietness that the stillness of nature inspires.
— Hazrat Inayat Khan
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If you try to grasp Zen in movement, it goes into stillness. If you try to grasp Zen in stillness, it goes into movement. It…
— Linji Yixuan
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When you recognize the sacredness, the beauty, the incredible stillness and dignity in which a flower or a tree exists, you add something to the…
— Eckhart Tolle
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Movement is good for the body. Stillness is good for the mind.
— Sakyong Mipham
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Movement is only as good as the sense of stillness that you can bring to it to put it into perspective.
— Pico Iyer
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Wherever you go in the midst of movement and activity, carry your stillness with you. Then the chaotic movement around you will never overshadow your…
— Deepak Chopra
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Meditation in the midst of activity is a thousand times superior to meditation in stillness.
— Hakuin Ekaku
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The vault above us is not deaf because the universe is an idiot; the silence is not the heartless silence of an endless and aimless…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Watch yourself with all diligence, lest the enemy steals near and robs you, depriving you of this great treasure, which is inner peace and stillness…
— Lorenzo Scupoli
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The greatest revelation is stillness.
— Laozi
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If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind.
— Zhuangzi
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Be still. In that focus, all else comes into focus. In that rift in my routine, the universe falls into alignment.
— Philip Yancey
Who Wrote These Stillness Quotes
227 authors contributed a total of 383 Stillness Quotes, led by these top contributors: