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2. “Here, in the cool shade, she read and worked, or surrendered herself to that sensation of perfect peace with which we are all presumably familiar and whose charm lies in a barely conscious and silent observation of the sweeping wave of life that for ever rolls all round us as well as within us.”
Ivan Turgenev
Inner Peace, Tranquility, Mindfulness, Stillness, Life’s Flow
3. “Traces of human life vanish very quickly: Glafira Petrovna’s estate had not yet gone wild, but it seemed already to have sunk into that quiet repose which possesses everything on earth wherever there is no restless human infection to affect it.” Ivan Turgenev Time, Decay, Stillness, Nature, Memory
4. “The only way to teach focus is to present the eye with opportunities for steady perception – best supplied by the contemplation of art. Looking at art requires stillness and receptivity, which realign our senses and produce a magical tranquillity.” Camille Paglia Art, Focus, Perception, Stillness, Sensitivity
9. “In all the practice centers in the tradition of Plum Village whenever the phone rings or the clock chimes in the dining hall, people stop everything they are doing and breathe consciously, releasing all thinking and any tension.” Thich Nhat Hanh Mindfulness, Awareness, Practice, Stillness, Presence
23. “The few people I’ve met in my life that I consider to be completely awake, they learn to stay. That’s what you feel, you feel the sense of eternal present. They don’t go off anywhere like we do, they just stay. That seems to be what enlightenment is; it’s the simplest thing and the most profound thing at the same time.” Pema Chodron Presence, Awareness, Enlightenment, Stillness, Spirituality
Stillness Quotes by Famous Authors
2. “Here, in the cool shade, she read and worked, or surrendered herself to that sensation of perfect peace with which we are all presumably familiar and whose charm lies in a barely conscious and silent observation of the sweeping wave of life that for ever rolls all round us as well as within us.”
Ivan Turgenev Inner Peace, Tranquility, Mindfulness, Stillness, Life’s Flow
3. “Traces of human life vanish very quickly: Glafira Petrovna’s estate had not yet gone wild, but it seemed already to have sunk into that quiet repose which possesses everything on earth wherever there is no restless human infection to affect it.”
Ivan Turgenev Time, Decay, Stillness, Nature, Memory
4. “The only way to teach focus is to present the eye with opportunities for steady perception – best supplied by the contemplation of art. Looking at art requires stillness and receptivity, which realign our senses and produce a magical tranquillity.”
Camille Paglia Art, Focus, Perception, Stillness, Sensitivity
9. “In all the practice centers in the tradition of Plum Village whenever the phone rings or the clock chimes in the dining hall, people stop everything they are doing and breathe consciously, releasing all thinking and any tension.”
Thich Nhat Hanh Mindfulness, Awareness, Practice, Stillness, Presence
23. “The few people I’ve met in my life that I consider to be completely awake, they learn to stay. That’s what you feel, you feel the sense of eternal present. They don’t go off anywhere like we do, they just stay. That seems to be what enlightenment is; it’s the simplest thing and the most profound thing at the same time.”
Pema Chodron Presence, Awareness, Enlightenment, Stillness, Spirituality
