Quotes about Stillness

Maybe the desert wisdom of the Dakotas can teach us to love anyway, to love what is dying, in the face of death, and not pretend that things are other than they are. The irony and wonder of all of this is that it is the desert's grimness, its stillness and isolation, that brings us back to love.

In our culture, time can seem like an enemy....But the monastic perspective welcomes time as a gift from God and seeks to put it to good use rather than allowing us to be used up by it.....Liturgical time is essentially poetic time, oriented toward process rather than productivity, willing to wait attentively in stillness, rather than always pushing to get the job done

Never go out to meet trouble. If you will just sit still, nine cases out of ten someone will intercept it before it reaches you.

Don't you know that four fifths of all our troubles in this life would disappear if we would just sit down and keep still?

You explained to me that inspiration is born of stillness, and creativity comes from movement.

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.

I have been told that there are two human responses to the perception of chaos: naming and violence. . . There is, however, a third response to chaos, which I have not heard about, which is stillness. Such stillness can be passivity and dumbfoundedness; it can be paralytic fear. But it can also be art.

If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit. But whatever you do, don't wobble.

Worry is like a rocking chair-it keeps you moving but doesn't get you anywhere.

Worry is a futile thing, it's somewhat like a rocking chair, Although is keeps you occupied, it doesn't get you anywhere.

Sunday morning,I empty of my little tricks to make life livable.

No war or battle sound was heard the world around.