Quotes about Stillness
Sabbath becomes a decisive, concrete, visible way of opting for and aligning with the God of rest.
— Walter Brueggemann
I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
— Wendell Berry
Sit and be still until in the time of no rain you hear beneath the dry wind's commotion in the trees the sound of flowing water among the rocks, a stream unheard before, and you are where breathing is prayer.
— Wendell Berry
if you stay still for long enough, the universe whispers its secrets to you.
— James Kennedy
Most men are in a coma when they are at rest and mad when they act.
— Epicurus
You have to allow a certain amount of time in which you are doing nothing in order to have things occur to you, to let your mind think.
— Mortimer Adler
Me imperturbe, standing at ease in nature.
— Walt Whitman
Choosing stillness in the midst of chaos is the path toward living in peace.
— Deepak Chopra
All outdoors may be bedlam, provided there is no disturbance within.
— Seneca
...make a poem that does not disturb the silence from which it came." Wendell Berry
— Wendell Berry
The deepest rivers make least din, the silent soule doth most abound in care.
— William Alexander
Time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.
— William Faulkner