298 Quotes About Stillness

Our breath is a steady, gentle reminder that, when still enough to listen, is whispering, “now . . . now . . . and now.

To know your mind,you need a little distance.You need to be a step or two awayand be able to noticewhat your mind is doing without being so lost or involved in itthat you can’t see it.It’s like trying to see your eyes.If you want to see yourself,you need to create some space,you need a mirror.Stillness, mindfulness, meditation:these are the mirrors.

Be still, be silent.

Look at a tree, a plant. How still they are, how deeply rooted in being. Allow nature to teach you stillness.

The problem is not entirely in finding a room of one's own, the time alone, difficult and necessary as that is. The problem is more how to still the soul in the midst of its activities. In fact, the problem is how to feed the soul.

I know what stillness is.

Don't care - what was and what will be,You are already what you need to be,Flow in this moment and see,Stillness is the key to be free.

But sometimes in stillness, there is left still one’s inner clamor.

Our eyes lock for a few beats. The moment gets still. As if this moment is all that we have. A frozen moment…