Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
StillnessSpiritualityPracticeEnlightenmentLetting Go Religion and ritual can be vehicles for entering stillness. It says in Psalm 46:10, 'Be still, and know that I am God.' But they are still just vehicles. The Buddha called his teaching a raft: You don't need to carry it around with you after you've crossed the river.
PresenceMindfulnessAwarenessStillness When you wash your hands, when you make a cup of coffee, when you're waiting for the elevator - instead of indulging in thinking, these are all opportunities for being there as a still, alert presence.
StillnessClarityInnerPeaceCompassion One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
DesireSpiritualityDisciplineStillness Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength.
