STILLNESS

QUOTES ABOUT STILLNESS, SILENCE, PEACE - OUR TRUE IDENTITY

“Silence is not the absence of sound, but the absence of self.”
Anthony de Mello

“Our original nature is...void, omnipresent, silent, pure; it is glorious and mysterious peaceful joy – and that is all. Enter deeply into it by awakening yourself.”

Huangbo Xiyun ( died in 850, Chinese master of Zen Buddhism )

 

"Be still. Stillness reveals the secrets of eternity."
Lao Tzu (6 century BD, Chinese philosopher and writer, author of Tao Te Ching, founder of philosophical Taoism)

"The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.”
Rumi

“That in which consciousness happens, the universal consciousness or mind, we call the ether of consciousness.
All the objects of consciousness form the universe.
What is beyond both, supporting both, is the supreme state, a state of utter stillness and silence.
Whoever goes there, disappears. It is unreachable by words, or mind.
You may call it God, or Parabrahman, or Supreme Reality, but these are names given by the mind.
It is the nameless, contentless, effortless and spontaneous state, beyond being and not being.”
Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897-1981, Hindu guru, teacher of nondualism )

 

“Everything that's created comes out of silence. Your thoughts emerge from the nothingness of silence. Your words come out of this void. Your very essence emerged from emptiness. All creativity requires some stillness.”

Eckhart Tolle 

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



"True intelligence operates silently. Stillness is where creativity and solutions to problems are found.'
Eckhart Tolle

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

"In listening and stillness there is nobody who is still, and this stillness doesn't refer to any object; it is absolutely objectless; it is our real nature."
Jean Klein

“Where can I find a man who has forgotten words, so I can talk with him?”
Zhuangzi ( 369BC-286BC, Chinese philosopher)

“When there is silence one finds the anchor of the universe within oneself.” 
 Lao Tzu (6 century BD, Chinese philosopher and writer, author of Tao Te Ching, founder of philosophical Taoism)

“Pay attention to the gap – the gap between two thoughts, the brief, silent space between words in a conversation, between the notes of a piano or flute, or the gap between the in-breath and the out-breath. When you pay attention to those gaps, awareness of ‘something’ becomes – just awareness. The formless dimension of pure consciousness arises from within you and replaces identification with form.”
Eckhart Tolle“

"Shift your attention from words to silence and you will hear.”
Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897-1981, Hindu guru teacher of nondualism)

"Take away all the characteristics,all that you believe yourself to be,all that is phenomenal,and what is left?
No-thing,simply being,stillness,presence.
Why then spend a lifetime exploring the realm of illusory ego and its projections?
Why not go directly to what you are?"
Jean Klein

“To meet everything and everyone through stillness instead of mental noise is the greatest gift you can offer the universe.”
Eckhart Tolle

“Look at a tree, a flower, a plant. Let your awareness rest upon it.
How still they are, how deeply rooted in Being.
Allow nature to teach you stillness.”
Eckhart Tolle

“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 relationship, 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

“It is simply sitting silently, witnessing the thoughts passing before you.

Just witnessing, not interfering, not even judging, because the moment you judge you have lost the pure witness.”
Osho

“With stillness comes the benediction of Peace.”

Eckhart Tolle