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• That stillness and vastness that enables the Universe to be, is not just out there in space...it is also within you.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Space, Vastness, Within You

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.141, New World Library

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• Space and stillness is the light that illuminates the beauty of our soul's being.

  Adyashanti

  Light, Space, Soul

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• Be still. Stillness reveals the secrets of eternity

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Secret, Eternity

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• Your first daily priority should be stillness, attention to what you really know and what you really feel.

  Martha Beck

  Priorities, Attention, Firsts

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• There is a presence, a silence, a stillness which is here by itself. There is no doer of it, no creator of this stillness. It is simply here in you, with you. It is the fragrance of your own self. There is nothing to do about this, it is naturally present. This fragrance of peace, this spaciousness, it is the fragrance of your own being.

  Mooji

  Self, Silence, Doers

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• Every time you create a gap in the stream of mind, the light of your consciousness grows stronger

  Eckhart Tolle

  Light, Mind, Stronger

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.21, New World Library

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• I feel that art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos. A stillness which characterizes prayer, too, and the eye of the storm. I think that art has something to do with an arrest of attention in the midst of distraction.

  Saul Bellow

  Art, Prayer, Eye

  In George Plimpton Writers at Work (1967) 3rd series, p. 190

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• It is only with total humility, and in absolute stillness of mind that we can know what indeed we are.

  Wei Wu Wei

  Humility, Pride, Mind

  Wu Wei Wei (2003). “The Tenth Man: The Great Joke (Which Made Lazarus Laugh)”, p.1, Sentient Publications

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• Stillness empowers. Being able to detach from all external stimulants - social media, social engagements, TV, alcohol, food, etc. - and face our own silence is an enormous luxury that should not be taken for granted. The most rewarding moments in my life have stemmed from such stillness.

  Romany Malco

  Taken, Media, Luxury

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and listen. No more is needed.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Looks, Ability, Needed

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “Stillness Speaks”, p.9, New World Library

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• Be still. it takes no effort to be still; it is utterly simple. When your mind is still, you have no name, you have no past, you have no relationships, you have no country, you have no spiritual attainment, you have no lack of spiritual attainment. There is just the presence of beingness with itself.

  Gangaji

  Spiritual, Country, Past

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

  Laozi

  Taoism, Desire, World

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• How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank Here we will sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears; soft stillness, and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony

  William Shakespeare

  Sweet, Sleep, Night

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 5, sc. 1, l. 54

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• Comfort will never come to one who does not touch the stillness within himself.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Spiritual, Humanity, Comfort

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• When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world. Your innermost sense of self, of who you are, is inseparable from stillness. This is the I Am that is deeper than name and form.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Self, Names, Meditation

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “Stillness Speaks”, p.3, New World Library

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• No thought, no action, no movement, total stillness: only thus can one manifest the true nature and law of things from within and unconsciously, and at last become one with heaven and earth.

  Laozi

  Law, Meditation, Heaven

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• The only way to gain power in a world that is moving too fast is to learn to slow down. And the only way to spread one’s influence wide to learn how to go deep. The world we want for ourselves and our children will not emerge from electronic speed but rather from a spiritual stillness that takes root in our souls. Then, and only then, will we create a world that reflects the heart instead of shattering it.

  Marianne Williamson

  Spiritual, Children, Moving

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• Before making a great movement, stay motionless for a good while! If you give legs to the rocks, they will start running like crazy horses! Stillness accumulates liveliness; laziness accumulates industriousness; sleep accumulates motion!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Running, Horse, Crazy

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• The seeker after stillness should be told that the stillness is always there. Indeed it is in every man. But he has to learn, first, to let it in and, second, how to do so. The first beginning of this is to remember. The second is to recognize the inward pull. For the rest, the stillness itself will guide and lead him to itself.

  Paul Brunton

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Learning

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• On any given day, in any given moment, something could happen that opens up for you an entirely new path. Be still, be alert, be ready.

  Marianne Williamson

  New Beginnings, Path, Moments

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Feb 23, 2011

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• Blessed are the single-hearted, for they shall enjoy much peace. If you refuse to be hurried and pressed, if you stay your soul on God, nothing can keep you from that clearness of spirit which is life and peace. In that stillness you will know what His will is.

  Amy Carmichael

  Blessed, Blessing, Soul

  Amy Carmichael (2010). “Candles in the Dark: Letters of Hope and Encouragement”, p.56, CLC Publications

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• Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living.

  Helen Keller

  Love, Life, Future

  Helen Keller (2012). “The World I Live In and Optimism: A Collection of Essays”, p.88, Courier Corporation

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• Stillness alone is the potentiality for creativity; movement alone is creativity restricted to a certain aspect of its expression. But the combination of movement and stillness enables you to unleash your creativity in all directions-wherever the power of your attention takes you.

  Deepak Chopra

  Creativity, Expression, Attention

  Deepak Chopra (2010). “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams”, p.19, Amber-Allen Publishing

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• Attention pays attention to a lot of things, but when attention pays attention to attention, then there is a stillness, and that stillness introduces you to your Self.

  Mooji

  Self, Attention, Pay

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• You can do anything. You can perform miracles, but it won't fulfill you. What will fulfill you is the stillness of eternity.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Miracle, Balance

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