Quotes about Stillness

You, who were made by Love, made for love-- be still and know and watch love come down.

How can I lead people into the quiet place beside the still waters if I am in perpetual motion? How can I persuade a person to live by faith and not by works if I have to juggle my schedule constantly to make everything fit into place?

I go among trees and sit still. All my stirring becomes quiet around me like circles on water.

The mind has to be empty to see clearly.

The quietness will slow my pulse, the silence will open my ears, and something sacred will happen. The soft slap of sandaled feet will break the stillness, a pierced hand will extend a quiet invitation, and I will follow.

Be still and allow God to be hallowed in your life. For the Tough Times

The deepest rivers make least din, The silent soule doth most abound in care.

When we find ourself in the dark, we must stop what we're doing, look for His light, and listen for His voice. If He is directing us, yet we ignore it, fail to see it, refuse to do it, run from it, don't comprehend it, or deliberately disobey it, we will be miserably lost. We have to be still and know that He is God. We have to reach out to Him and He will give us a sense that He is there.

Be still in the presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for Him to act. Don't worry about evil people who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes.

Our natural desire is to be doing something; but there are times in our lives when it is wiser to wait and just be still.

a person who finds silence and solitude boring is a person who is himself boring, empty of anything worth consideration.

I find January hard. Nothing really happens.