64 quotes
“Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself”
— Hermann Hesse
“All the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact, that they cannot sit quietly in their own room.”
— Blaise Pascal
“An old silent pond a frog jumps into the pond splash silence again.”
— Matsuo Basho
“Sitting quietly doing nothing spring comes and the grass grows by itself.”
— Bashō
“Stillness is your essential nature what is stillness it is the inner space in which the words on this page are being perceived”
— Eckhart Tolle
“To the mind that is still the whole universe surrenders”
— Lao Tzu
“Nothing in all creation is so like God as stillness”
— Meister Eckhart
“The sole cause of human unhappiness is that people do not know how to sit quietly in a room”
“The quieter you become, the more you can hear.”
— Ram Dass
“Happiness is a butterfly which when pursued is always just beyond your grasp but which if you will sit down quietly may alight upon you.”
— Nathaniel Hawthorne
“All of humanitys problems stem from mans inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”
“When you lose touch with inner stillness you lose touch with yourself when you lose touch with yourself you lose yourself in the world”
“The outward man is the swinging door; the inner man is the still hinge.”
“Settle into solitude like a tree in the midst of a vast plain — rooted, silent, and alive.”
— Rumi
“In the midst of movement and chaos keep stillness inside of you”
— Deepak Chopra
“In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.”
“Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.”
“Settle into solitude as if it were the one thing in the world you know how to do.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke
“All of humanitys problems stem from a persons inability to sit quietly in a room at peace.”
“To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.”
“Let the mind come as it wants do not go with it the mind will settle by itself”
— Papaji
“Stillness is the key and time is the door through which we enter it”
— Ryan Holiday
“Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time”
— Herman Hesse
“The ten thousand things flourish and then each returns to the root. Returning to the root is stillness.”
— Laozi
“The quieter you become the more you can hear”
“Do not just do something, sit there.”
— Sylvia Boorstein
“Nothing in all creation is so like God as peace and stillness.”
“Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.”
“If we stop long enough we can hear the still small voice of compassion calling us home”
— Wayne Muller
“To the mind that is still the whole universe surrenders and faith creates that stillness”
“Happiness is a butterfly which when pursued is always just beyond your grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly may alight upon you.”
“All of humanitys problems stem from mans inability to sit quietly in a room alone”
“When you lose touch with inner stillness you lose touch with yourself”
“I have discovered that all human evil comes from this: a persons being unable to sit still in a room at peace.”
“To the mind that is still the whole universe surrenders.”
“All of humanitys problems stem from our inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”
“Sitting quietly doing nothing spring comes and the grass grows by itself”
“Stillness is the key to all good things in life”
“Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”
“In the midst of movement and chaos keep stillness inside of you.”
“Be still like a mountain and flow like a great river.”
“Perhaps the most radical act you can commit is to be still and listen to the wisdom of your own healing body”
— Jon Kabat-Zinn
“Settle into solitude as if it were an old friend.”
“Be still and know that you are already free”
— Gangaji
“The soul that moves in the world of the senses and yet keeps the senses in harmony... finds rest in quietness.”
— Vyasa
“In the midst of movement and chaos keep stillness inside of you and wonder will naturally arise”
“Silence is the language of God; all else is poor translation.”
— Shams Tabrizi
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