Quotes about Quiet

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Euripides

Playwright

The good and the wise lead quiet lives.
Quiet - Wisdom
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Seneca the Younger

Philosopher, Statesman, Dramatist

The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.
Quiet - Speaking
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Sun Tzu

Musician, Philosopher, Strategist

Swift as the wind. Quiet as the forest. Conquer like the fire. Steady as the mountain
Art - Conquering - Mountain - Quiet - War
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Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Philosopher

Stay open and quiet, that is all. What you seek is so near you that there is no place for a way.
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Thomas Merton

Monk, Writer, Theologian, Mystic, Poet, Social Activist

Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how.
Quiet - Requirements
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Samuel Johnson

Writer, Poet, Lexicographer

When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it in the power of the weakest and most timorous malignity, if not to take away his satisfaction, at least to withhold it. His enemies may indulge their pride by airy negligence and gratify their malice by quiet neutrality.
Enemy - Fame - Happiness - Indulgence - Making - Malice - Man - Neglect - Neutrality - Power - Pride - Quiet - Satisfaction
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Gilbert K. Chesterton

Writer, Writer

It is the mark of our whole modern history that the masses are kept quiet with a fight. They are kept quiet by the fight because it is a sham-fight; thus most of us know by this time that the Party System has been popular only in the sense that a football match is popular.
Fighting - Football - Marking - Modern - Party - Quiet - Whole
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Gautama Buddha

Monk, Sage, Philosopher, Teacher, Religious Leader

Know from the rivers in clefts and in crevices: those in small channels flow noisily, the great flow silent. Whatever's not full makes noise. Whatever is full is quiet.
Buddhism - Flow - Noise - Quiet - Silence
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William Butler Yeats

Clergyman, Poet, Poet

Beloved, gaze in thine own heart, The holy tree is growing there; From joy the holy branches start, And all the trembling flowers they bear. The changing colours of its fruit Have dowered the stars with metry light; The surety of its hidden root Has planted quiet in the night; The shaking of its leafy head Has given the waves their melody, And made my lips and music wed, Murmuring a wizard song for thee.
Colors - Giving - Growing - Holiness - Joy - Making - Melody - Quiet - Songs
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Elizabeth I

Former Queen of England and Ireland

I will be as good unto ye as ever a Queen was unto her people. No will in me can lack, neither do I trust shall there lack any power. And persuade yourselves that for the safety and quietness of you all I will not spare if need be to spend my blood.
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Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Philosopher

Whatever you may have to do, watch your mind. Also you must have moments of complete inner peace and quiet, when your mind is absolutely still. If you miss it, you miss the entire thing. If you do not, the silence of the mind will dissolve and absorb all else.
Inspiration - Meditation - Mindset - Missing - Practice - Quiet - Silence - Watching
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Albert Schweitzer

Theologian, Organist, Writer, Humanitarian, Philosopher, Physician

Those who experiment on animals should never be able to quiet their own conscience by telling themselves that these cruelties have a worthy aim.
Ability - Aiming - Animals - Conscience - Experimenting - Quiet - Worth
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Bodhidharma

Athlete, Leader, Biographer

Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
Joy - Path - Quiet
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Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Philosopher

Refuse all thoughts except one: the thought 'I am'. The mind will rebel in the beginning, but with patience and perseverance it will yield and keep quiet. Once you are quiet, things will begin to happen spontaneously and quite naturally, without any interference on your part.
Mindset - Perseverance - Quiet - Rebelling - Refuse - Yielding
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William Faulkner

Writer

He thought that it was loneliness which he was trying to escape and not himself. But the street ran on: catlike, one place was the same as another to him. But in none of them could he be quiet. But the street ran on in its moods and phases, always empty: he might have seen himself as in numberless avatars, in silence, doomed with motion, driven by the courage of flagged and spurred despair; by the despair of courage whose opportunities had to be flagged and spurred.
Despair - Drive - Emptiness - Loneliness - Opportunity - Phase - Quiet - Silence - Trial
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William Butler Yeats

Clergyman, Poet, Poet

My temptation is quiet. Here at life's end Neither loose imagination Nor the mill of the mind Consuming its rag and bone, Can make the truth known.
Consumer - End - Imagination - Knowledge - Life - Mindset - Quiet - Temptation - Truth
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Richard M. Nixon

Businessman, President, 37th U.S. President

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.
Communicate - Enough - Hearing - Learning - Quiet - Speaking - Voice - Wellness
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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Entertainer, Psychologist, Psychiatrist

The simple life on the farm was everything to me. Nothing was more relaxing after a long plane flight than to reach the winding driveway that led up to my house. The quiet of the night was more soothing than a sleeping pill.
Airplane - Farming - Flight - Leadership - Life - Nothing - Quiet - Reaching - Relaxing - Simple - Sleeping
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John C. Maxwell

Scientist, Clergyman, Author

If you're a leader, it's important to set aside time to quiet yourself and listen for God's direction.
Leadership - Quiet
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Deepak Chopra

Author, Public Speaker, Alternative Medicine Advocate

Evil is a superficial manifestation of a deep disturbance and imbalance in our collective psyche. The only way for us to help heal the wounds is to be sober, sane, quiet, loving, and attentive to each other.
Healing - Help - Manifestation - Quiet - Sober
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