Hearing Quote by Matthew Henry

This is the feeling for syllable and rhythm, penetrating far below the conscious levels of thought and feeling, invigorating every word.

— T. S. Eliot

And so I began to read,' Sorkar said. 'And at first the complete works were like a jungle, the language was quicksand. Metaphors turned…

— Vikram Chandra

There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind.

— Washington Irving

When we sit in meditation and hear a sound, we think, 'Oh, that sound's bothering me.' If we see it like this, we suffer.…

— Ajahn Chah

Meditation is silence, energising and fulfilling. Silent is the eloquent expression of the inexpressible.

— Sri Chinmoy

The nature of anguish is translated into different forms.

— Franz Kline

You know, without my telling you, how sometimes a word or name eludes you, and you seek it through running ghosts of shadow --…

— Conrad Aiken

Words strike the air and the mind, they act on the senses and on the soul.

— Jan Potocki

When you meditate, the silence of the senses illumines the presence of God within.

— Gurumayi Chidvilasananda

The inward sighs of humble penitence Rise to the ear of Heaven, when peal'd hymns Are scatter'd with the sounds of common air.

— Joanna Baillie

The desire to break the silence with constant human noise is, I believe, precisely an avoidance of the sacred terror of that divine encounter.

— Matsuo Basho

Distresses, however heavy at the time, appear light, and even joyous, to the reflecting mind, when worthily overcome.

— Samuel Richardson