#Stillness Quotes

“All your restlessness is out of your desire for stillness Just desire restlessly, then, love will fill and still you. All your unhealthiness is out of your desire for health, Just abandon health, then, even poison will heal you.”

“In order to understand the dance one must be still. And in order to truly understand stillness one must dance.”

“Nothing but stillness can remain when hearts are full Of their own sweetness, bodies of their loveliness.”

“Real action is in silent moments.”

“If you can get absolutely still for just one moment, you have reached the goal.”

“Being still at least once a day will enhance your life.”

“When you don't know what to do, get still. The answer will come.”

“In the mountain, stillness surges up to explore its own height In the lake, movement stands still to contemplate its own depth.”

“If you peel back the layers of your life-the frenzy, the noise-stillness is waiting. That stillness is you.”

“Be quiet. Part of your responsibility is to honour the quiet inside yourself so you can hear the call.”

“Doubt means don't. Don't move. Don't answer. Don't rush forward.”

“One of the biggest lessons I've learned recently is that when you don't know what to do, you should do nothing until you figure out what to do because a lot of times you feel like you are pressed against the wall, and you've got to make a decision. You never have to do anything. Don't know what to do? Do nothing.”

“The way through the challenge is to get still and ask yourself, 'What is the next right move? What is the next right move?' and then, from that space, make the next right move and the next right move.”

“Close your mouth,block off your senses,blunt your sharpness,untie your knots,soften your glare,settle your dust.This is the primal identity.”

“True power is stillness within motion.”

“I will be fond of keeping still, and the people will of themselves become correct.”

“Remember: if you can cease all restless activity, your integral nature will appear.”

“Be still. Stillness reveals the secrets of eternity”

“Stay at the center and let all things take their course.”

“The seed of mystery lies in muddy water. How can I perceive this mystery? Water becomes clear through stillness. How can I become still? By flowing with the stream.”

“Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Be still and allow the mud to settle.”

“Silence is a source of great strenght.”

“The greatest revelation is stillness.”

“Empty your mind of all thoughts.”

“Who is there who can make muddy waters clear? But if allowed to remain still, it will gradually clear itself.”

“If you scramble about in search of inner peace, you will lose your inner peace.”

“All action begins in rest... This is the ultimate truth.”

“To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.”

“Be empty. Be still. Just watch everything come and go. This is the way of Nature.”

“The heavy is the root of the light. The unmoved is the source of all movement. Thus the Master travels all day without leaving home. However splendid the views, she stays serenely in herself. Why should the lord of the country flit about like a fool? If you let yourself be blown to and fro, you lose touch with your root. If you let restlessness move you, you lose touch with who you are.”

“Who can wait quietly until the mud settles? Who can remain still until the moment of action?”

“Have patience. Wait until the mud settles and the water is clear. Remain unmoving until right action arises by itself.”

“The inner is the foundation of the outer. The still is master of the restless. The Sage travels all day yet never leaves his inner treasure.”

“In stillness the muddied water returns to clarity.”

“Let muddy water stand and it will become clear.”

“Stillness overcomes heat.”

“If you are at peace, you are living in the present.”

“Be still like a mountain and flow like a great river.”

“Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear.”

“One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.”

“Activity conquers coldness. Stillness conquers heat.”

“Stillness is the ruler of haste.”

“Stillness is easy to maintain.”

“Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.”

“Purity and stillness give the correct law to all under heaven.”

“Can you be still and look inside?If so, then you know the truth is always available, and always responsive.”

“Through return to simple living comes control of desires. In control of desires stillness is attained. In stillness the world is restored.”

“How do I become still?By flowing with the stream.”

“Without desire there is stillness, and the world settles by itself.”

“A multitude of words is tiresome, unlike remaining centered.”