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Stillness11 quotes
Be still, and know that I am God. — Psalm 46:10 · 450 BCYou do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait. Do not even wait, be quite still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet. — Franz Kafka · 1931All human misfortune comes from this one thing: man's being unable to sit still in a room. — Blaise Pascal · 1662At the still point, there the dance is. — T.S. Eliot · 1936Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone. — Alan Watts · 1957How many times have you noticed that it's the little quiet moments in the midst of life that seem to give the rest extra-special meaning? — Fred Rogers · 2003All 11 quotes →Patience2 quotes
Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone. — Alan Watts · 1957Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear? — Lao Tzu · 400 BCSolitude2 quotes
I drank the silence of God from a spring in the woods. — Georg Trakl · 1912Solitude is independence. It had been my wish and with the years I had attained it. It was cold. Oh, cold enough! But it was also still, wonderfully still and vast like the cold stillness of space in which the stars revolve. — Hermann Hesse · 1927Boredom1 quote
All human misfortune comes from this one thing: man's being unable to sit still in a room. — Blaise Pascal · 1662Clarity1 quote
Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear? — Lao Tzu · 400 BCClearing one's mind1 quote
Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear? — Lao Tzu · 400 BCDancing1 quote
At the still point, there the dance is. — T.S. Eliot · 1936God1 quote
Be still, and know that I am God. — Psalm 46:10 · 450 BCHuman nature1 quote
Our nature lies in movement; complete calm is death. — Blaise Pascal · 1662Inaction1 quote
Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone. — Alan Watts · 1957Meaning of life1 quote
How many times have you noticed that it's the little quiet moments in the midst of life that seem to give the rest extra-special meaning? — Fred Rogers · 2003Meditation1 quote
Be still, and know that I am God. — Psalm 46:10 · 450 BCObservation1 quote
Don't be afraid to just sit and watch. — Anthony Bourdain · 2018Paying attention1 quote
You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait. Do not even wait, be quite still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet. — Franz Kafka · 1931Silence1 quote
I drank the silence of God from a spring in the woods. — Georg Trakl · 1912Special moments1 quote
How many times have you noticed that it's the little quiet moments in the midst of life that seem to give the rest extra-special meaning? — Fred Rogers · 2003Taking action1 quote
Our nature lies in movement; complete calm is death. — Blaise Pascal · 1662The forest1 quote
I drank the silence of God from a spring in the woods. — Georg Trakl · 1912The human condition1 quote
All human misfortune comes from this one thing: man's being unable to sit still in a room. — Blaise Pascal · 1662