Quotes about Stillness

Prayer unfolds in the stillness of the soul.

If your life is rushing in many directions at once, you are incapable of the kind of deep, unhurried prayer that is vital to the Christian walk.

Quiet, deep breath after any prayer is another form of Amen.

I listened, motionless and still And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.

I listen'd, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.

A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.

And now, dear Lord, I acknowledge afresh that You are the God of all peace, my Jehovah-Shalom. My job is to receive. you give me Your peace. My job is to take it. You lead me to Your still waters. My role is to follow. You extend Your hand. My role is to take hold. My I enjoy Your presence and the tranquility of the still waters where You pour out your promise of peace. Amen.

Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It's a way of entering into the quiet that's already thereóburied under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day

In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.

Silence is the great teacher and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration, knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your core of inner silence.

In my stillness I am the eternal possibility. In my movement I am the cosmos.

Experience isn't a place; it's a focus of attention. You can live there, at the still point around which everything revolves.