#stillness

Silence is a source of great strength.

Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear?

Yielding, like melting ice; simple, like uncarved wood; empty, like a valley; obscure, like muddy water.

Who can wait quietly while the mud settles? Who can remain still until the right action arises by itself?

Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace.

The Master travels all day without leaving home. However splendid the views, she rests quietly in her being.

Nameless simplicity brings absence of desire. The absence of desire leads to stillness. And the world reaches peace of its own accord.

It is the quietest words that bring on the storm. Thoughts that come on doves' feet guide the world.

The greatest events—they are not our loudest but our stillest hours.

Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment.

If you want to understand the universe, listen to the silence beneath the noise.

What is necessary is to give space to the quiet, subtle processes of the soul that happen when we cease to force our will.

Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.

The mind is like a lake; every thought is a ripple on its surface.

Meditation is the bridge that connects the human with the Divine.

Silence is the great teacher of the soul.

Cultivate stillness in the center of the storm.

Peace is its own reward.

I understand the voice of your stars and the silence of your trees.

The evening sky is a canvas of quiet prayer.

The sacred dwells in the quiet clearing of the heart.

Let your heart be a sanctuary of unconditional peace.

To understand the immeasurable, the mind must be extraordinarily quiet, still.

A peaceful mind is not a dull mind; it is the most active and acute.

When you are totally attentive, the self is absent.

Silence is the soil in which deep wisdom takes root.

The sacred is found in the unpolluted present.

The silent sky holds all storms without breaking.

Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.