Silence In Mediation Quotes & Sayings

The universe defies you to answer the following questions: What good is a high paying career if it leaves you continually stressed out and miserable? What good is owning a large stately house if the only time you spend in it is when you sleep in it? What good is having a lot of interesting possessions if you never have the free time to enjoy them? Above all, what good is having a family if you seldom see any of its members? — Ernie J Zelinski

Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented. — Andre Gide

Each genre and part of the Old Testament looks toward Christ and informs us about who he is in some way that the others do not. — Timothy Keller

My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something of your own to it. — Etta James

A life well lived is the most exquisite work of art. — Erwin McManus

As I make goals for this year ... Jesus, let your thoughts become my thoughts and bend my will to Your will. — Lysa TerKeurst

Women have an infallible instinct for knowing when a man has fallen madly in love with them, especially when the male in question is both a complete dunce and a minor. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

One must be oneself very little of a philosopher not to feel that the finest privilege of our reason consists in not believing in anything by the impulsion of a blind and mechanical instinct, and that it is to dishonour reason to put it in bonds as the Chaldeans did. Man is born to think for himself. — Denis Diderot

But for me I think it's just about taking that time of reflection and contemplation. That's probably my process in every decision that I make: to make sure that I spend time just with myself, and really times of silence and mediation to go through that process; and music is a big part of that as well. — Kimbra

You don't just read a book to find adventure. You read a book to find yourself. — C.E. Dimond

I don't want my dad to say, 'My daughter is an actress on a TV show.' I want him to say, 'My daughter cares about people.' I would love to know that I'm a role model in Hollywood. — AnnaLynne McCord

That was when I saw it: behind the beauty and fake innocence was something else, something cold and calculating. Even when she smiled, I could see sin so deeply ingrained in her that no cardigan could hide it. [ ... ] To anyone else, she was pure and naive, but this girl was hiding something. I knew only because the same sin had dwelled in me my entire life. The difference was she held it deep within her, and I let mine out of cage on a regular basis. — Jamie McGuire

I was a good student in the subjects that I wanted to be good in. The curriculum in my section was excellent. — Jack Kirby

A British Institute of Psychiatry study revealed that reading digital messages while performing another creative task decreases your IQ in the moment by 10 points. This decrease is the same as not sleeping for 36 hours - more than twice the impact of smoking marijuana. — Erik Qualman

God is whispering in your heart, in the whole existence, just tune your ears. — Amit Ray

I've never been much given to little social cliques. — John Bercow

I am ... absolutely destroyed at the loss. (
manny) — J.R. Ward