Favorite Quotations ~ Quiet

Square watercolor suggesting quiet — soft dawn light over a bamboo grove Quiet is a kind of strength — the steadiness beneath the noise, the breath that clears the heart. As John le Carré noted: “He has the gift of quiet.

In times of quietness our hearts should be like trees, lifting their branches to the sky to draw down strength which they will need to face the storms that will surely come. ~ Toyohiko Kagawa

True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. ~ Erich Segal

For the wakeful one whose mind is quiet, whose thoughts are undisturbed, who has relinquished judgment and blame, there is no fear. ~ The Buddha

The important thing is to know how to take all things quietly. ~ Michael Faraday

Our greatest experiences are our quietest moments. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

The good and the wise lead quiet lives. ~ Euripides

Take time to be quiet. ~ Zig Ziglar

Quiet brain, or I'll stab you with a Q-tip! ~ Homer J. Simpson

Heroes are people who rise to the occasion and slip quietly away. ~ Tom Brokaw

All miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone. ~ Blaise Pascal

I'm looking forward to becoming older and quieter. ~ Gwyneth Paltrow

Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them. ~ Frederick Douglass

I cannot keep quiet even when I am a lone voice. ~ Mahathir Mohamad

A little amateur painting in water colors shows the innocent and the quiet mind. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

The quieter the mind, the more powerful, the worthier, the deeper, the more telling and more perfect the prayer is. ~ Meister Eckhart

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment. ~ Henry David Thoreau Journal