Stillness Quotes

"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone."

Blaise Pascal

"We sit together, the mountain and me, until only the mountain remains."

Li Bai

"Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself."

Hermann Hesse

"Nothing in all creation is so like God as stillness."

Meister Eckhart

"Stillness is where creativity and solutions to problems are found."

Eckhart Tolle

"Who can wait quietly while the mud settles? Who can remain still until the moment of action?"

"In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you."

Deepak Chopra

"The quieter you become, the more you can hear."

Ram Dass

“Who can make the muddy water clear? Let it be still, and it will gradually become clear.”

“You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked.”

“Constant action overcomes cold; being still overcomes heat.”

“Gravity is the root of lightness; stillness, the ruler of movement.”

“The state of vacancy should be brought to the utmost degree, and that of stillness guarded with unwearying vigour.”

“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”

Blaise Pascal

“You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen.”

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

Zen Saying

“Nothing in all creation is so like God as stillness.”

Meister Eckhart