Sitting Quotes

• The soul becomes prudent by sitting and being quiet.

  Aristotle

  Soul, Prudent, Quiet

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• Surfing is sensual. It's a real-time engagement with the forces of nature, which happen to be echoes of the past (which after all, is all a wave really is). Briefly we defy gravity and ride the energy of storms from elsewhere. We are intensely alone as we do it and yet completely swallowed by something larger that enforces a sense of perspective and connectedness to the natural world. It's an experience we yearn to repeat so we go searching for it again and again and we spend years sitting in the water waiting for these radiating lines to come in across the event horizon.

  Tim Winton

  Real, Past, Years

  Source: www.sas.org.uk

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• Simply wait, be quiet, still The world will freely offer itself to you.

  Franz Kafka

  Suicide, Suicidal, Solitary Life

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• A thousand secrets are hidden in simply sitting still.

  Karlfried Graf Durckheim

  Sitting Still, Secret, Thousand

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• Never underestimate the power of sitting quietly.

  Josh McDermitt

  Underestimate, Sitting Quietly, Never Underestimate

  "Origin Series: Mad Men And The Walking Dead actor Josh McDermitt". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Sitting alone, listening to the sound of your breath, the beating of your heart is a reminder that you are sacred and blessed.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Blessed, Heart, Listening

  Twitter post from May 4, 2017

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• Just sitting in silence is one of the best things a man can do.

  Nas

  Men, Silence, Best Things

  "Interview with Nas | The legendary rapper on never giving up and chasing your dreams". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me.

  Alice Roosevelt Longworth

  Funny, Witty, Nice

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• I havent mastered the art of sitting and smiling.

  Ashley Wagner

  Art

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• Set aside all involvements and let the myriad things rest. Zazen is not thinking of good, not thinking of bad. It is not conscious endeavour. It is not introspection. Do not desire to become a buddha; let sitting or lying down drop away. Be moderate in eating and drinking. Be mindful of the passing of time, and engage yourself in zazen as though you are saving your head from fire.

  Dogen

  Lying, Drinking, Thinking

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• In an age of constant movement, nothing is more urgent than sitting still.

  Pico Iyer

  Sitting Still, Age, Movement

  Pico Iyer (2014). “The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere”, p.66, Simon and Schuster

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• Sometimes I don't understand why I'm sitting here.

  Karrie Webb

  Sometimes

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• I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring.

  Dodie Smith

  Inspiring, Inspiration, Deviation

  Dodie Smith (2011). “I Capture The Castle”, p.5, Random House

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• It is kind of lovely to be sitting alone, just thinking, very quiet, no one around. I don't feel alone or left out.

  Vin Scully

  Thinking, Lovely, Quiet

  Source: www.dailynews.com

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• One sits more comfortably on a colour that one likes.

  Verner Panton

  Color, Hue, Likes

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• Being alone is better than sitting next to a lover and feeling lonely.

  Richard Linklater

  Lonely, Feelings, Next

  Richard Linklater (2008). “Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays”, p.192, Vintage

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• I don't like giving speeches - I enjoy sitting on my rump.

  Karen Morley

  Giving, Speech, Enjoy

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• Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.

  Matsuo Basho

  Inspirational, Positive, Spring

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• Never confuse sitting on your side with being on your side.

  Ian Paisley

  Your Side, Sides

  "Dishonourable Insults: A Cantankerous Collection of Political Invective". Book by Greg Knight, 2011.

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• I'm not very good at sitting still.

  Scott D. Anthony

  Sitting Still, Very Good, Stills

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

  Warren Buffett

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett". Book by Andrew Kilpatrick, 1994.

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• Sitting in the morning sun, I'll be sitting when the evening comes

  Otis Redding

  Morning, Sun, Evening

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• When walking, just walk. When sitting, just sit. Above all, don't wobble.

  Mark Richardson

  Walks, Walking

  Mark Richardson (2008). “Zen and Now”, p.104, Vintage

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• Nothing's going to come to you by sitting around and waiting for it.

  Zoe Kazan

  Waiting, Sitting Around Waiting, Sitting And Waiting

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• Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.

  Dogen

  Truth, Gateways, Liberation

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