“When one is perfectly still–mind and body, silent and alone–there is no personality to speak of, thus personality is one’s unique way of expression, it is what others see and know of us, nothing more or deeper than that.”
- Bernadette Roberts
that great song
“Each one of us is called to become that great song that comes out of the silence, and the more we let ourselves down into that great silence the more we become capable of singing that great song.”
- David Steindl-Rast
looking and listening
“Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and just listen. No more is needed. Being still, looking, and listening activates the non-conceptual intelligence within you. Let stillness direct your words and actions.”
- Eckhart Tolle
the silence is within
“The silence is there within us. What we have to do is enter into it, to become silent, to become the silence. The purpose of meditation and the challenge of meditation is to allow ourselves to become silent enough to allow this interior silence to emerge. Silence is the language of the spirit.”
- John Main
inner energies wake up
“A quiet mind is all you need. All else will happen rightly, once your mind is quiet. As the sun on rising makes the world active, so does self-awareness affect changes in the mind. In the light of calm and steady self-awareness, inner energies wake up and work miracles without effort on your part.”
- Nisargadatta Maharaj
the still water
“Everything inside and around us wants to reflect itself in us.
We don’t have to go anywhere to obtain the truth.
We only need to be still and things will reveal themselves in the still water of our heart.”
- Thich Nhat Hanh
your old life
“Be quiet. Quietness is the surest sign that you’ve died.
Your old life was a frantic running from silence. The speechless full moon comes out now.”
- Rumi
inward
“Compose yourself in stillness, draw your attention inward and devote your mind to the Self. The wisdom you seek lies within.”
- Bhagavad Gita
unbound
“In the stillness of the mind I saw myself as I am: unbound.”
- Nisargadatta Maharaj
roll in ecstasy
“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
