Quotes about Stillness
Most of the things we need to be most fully alive never come in busyness. They grow in rest.
— Mark Buchanan
The present state of the world and the whole of life is diseased. If I were a doctor and were asked for my advice, I should reply, 'Create silence'.
— Soren Kierkegaard
Calm of mind, all passion spent.
— John Milton
Busy? The word loses all meaning under the canopy of this sky.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
On day three, I decided that a power outage would make a great spiritual practice.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
Listen. To live is to be marked. To live is to change, to acquire the words of a story, and that is the only celebration we mortals really know. In perfect stillness, frankly, I've only found sorrow.
— Barbara Kingsolver
When you recognize the festive and the still moments as moments of prayer, then you gradually realize that to pray is to live.
— Henri Nouwen
Meditation helps me to calm down.
— Lady Gaga
As you trust Me more and more, you are able to receive Me and My blessings abundantly. Be still, and know that I am God.
— Sarah Young
I MEET YOU in the stillness of your soul. It is there that I seek to commune with you.
— Sarah Young
Busca la quietud y pon atención a mi Presencia.
— Sarah Young
WHEN YOU APPROACH ME in stillness and in trust, you are strengthened. You need a buffer zone of silence around you in order to focus on things that are unseen. Since I am invisible, you must not let your senses dominate your thinking. The curse of this age is overstimulation of the senses, which blocks out awareness of the unseen world.
— Sarah Young