I just need to have long periods of no talking and no special thinking,
and immediate contact with the sun, the grass, the dirt, the leaves.
Undistracted by statements, jokes, opinions, news.
Thomas Merton, June 15, 1968, The Other Side of the Mountain.
“Noise” in this image can stand for all the hassles which we encounter this day
For the mind that is silent, noise is as direct a spoke into the hub of silence as are birdsong, wind, and waves.
It requires nothing more than to meet noise with stillness and not commentary.
Martin Laird, A Sunlit Absence
I studied the bird, deeply impressed that she seemed to know instinctively that in stillness is healing. I had been learning that too, learning that stillness can be a prayer that transforms us.
Sue Monk Kidd, When the Heart Waits
If you feel that your dreams aren’t coming true, you might think that you need to do more, or to think and strategize more. In fact, what you might need is less – less noise coming to you from both inside and outside – so that you have the space for your heart’s truest intention to germinate and flourish.
Thich Nhat Hahn, Silence
remember,
you were a writer
before
you ever
put
pen to paper.
just because you were not writing
externally.
does not mean you were not writing
internally.
Nayyirah Waheed from Nejma
You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts
Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
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