Stillness Quotes
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 wavy, dive deeper for quieter waters.
God of wilderness, God of wildness, lead me to the quiet places of my soul. In stillness, in openness, may I find my strength.
How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank Here we will sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears; soft stillness, and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony
I said to my soul, be still, and let the dark come upon you Which shall be the darkness of God. . . . So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.
Meditation is a time to focus, train the mind, and bring it to stillness. It is not a time to rest and relax.
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.
Returning to the source is stillness. It is returning to one's fate. Returning to one's fate is eternal.
I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness.
If spacious stillness is missing, the relationship will be dominated by the mind and can easily be taken over by problems and conflict. If stillness is there, it can contain anything.
From a yogic perspective, stillness, coupled with expanded awareness, is by far the most powerful medium by which you can affect your destiny.
Whenever there is stillness there is the still small voice, God's speaking from the whirlwind, nature's old song, and dance.
The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God.
The real transformation of society will come only in love, in work, and in stillness.
Death is appalling to those of the most iron nerves, when it comes quietly and in the stillness and solitude of night.
The world is full of noise. Might we not set ourselves to learn silence, stillness solitude?
Passion is overcome only by him who has won through stillness of spirit the perfect vision; it comes through the contentment that is regardless of the world.
The mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The thoughts have their root in the I-thought. Whoever investigates the True "I" enjoys the stillness of bliss.
It's what I learn from the great actors that I work with. Stillness. That's all and that's the hardest thing.
Religion has become an impersonal affair, an institutional loyalty. It survives on the level of activities rather than in the stillness of commitment.
If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind! The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror of the universe, the speculum of all creation.
There is nothing as certain as silence, stillness, and solitude to introduce you to the secrets of yourself.
Just as the waves can subside to reveal the stillness of the ocean's depths, so too is it possible to calm the turbulence of our mind to reveal its natural pristine clarity.
Attention pays attention to a lot of things, but when attention pays attention to attention, then there is a stillness, and that stillness introduces you to your Self.
Patience is about understanding the right moment for action and the right moment for stillness.
Men do not mirror themselves in running water - they mirror themselves in still water. Only what is still can still the stillness of other things.
No thought, no action, no movement, total stillness: only thus can one manifest the true nature and law of things from within and unconsciously, and at last become one with heaven and earth.
You made my world stand still, and in that stillness, there was a freedom I never felt before.
Your first daily priority should be stillness, attention to what you really know and what you really feel.
You rest now. Rest for longer than you are used to resting. Make a stillness around you, a field of peace. Your best work, the best time of your life will grow out of this peace.
If We Sit With An Increasing Stillness Of The BodyThe Mind Gradually Stills And The Heart Is Filled With Quiet Joy
When you look at a tree and perceive its stillness, you become still yourself. You connect with it at a very deep level. You feel a oneness with whatever you perceive in and through stillness.
Movement is only as good as the sense of stillness that you can bring to it to put it into perspective.
Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.
By a garden is meant mystically a place of spiritual repose, stillness, peace, refreshment, delight.
I listen to music a lot, if I need to get into a particular space. I do stretching and breathing, and take time to mostly be quiet and find the stillness. I think that's important.
Nothing but stillness can remain when hearts are full Of their own sweetness, bodies of their loveliness.