Apollonius of Tyana Quotes

I'd like to be more patient! I just want everything now. I've tried to meditate, but it's really hard for me to stay still. I'd like to try to force myself to do it, because everybody says how wonderful meditation is for you, but I can't shut my mind up. So patience and learning is the key.

I haven't mastered the art of sitting and smiling.

I always try to stay quiet and calm.

I don't believe there's a man in Milton who knows how to sit still; and it is a great art.

To many mortals silence great gain brings.

I have a real problem with stillness. With just stopping and being quiet.

The hurried can become unhurried. But it will not happen by trying alone, nor will it happen instantly. You will have to enter a life of training.

I find it very difficult just to sit. I would love to learn how to do that with contentment.

'Silence,' I think, was the hardest, because it's so different from everything we've done before and required very delicate handling and trying to find the right meditative pace.

Above all, what I learned from my Sensei was how to wait. I believe I learned the meaning of waiting on one foot. If I understand anything in this life, it is how to wait. It is not an answer. But for me it is everything.

Technique to me is a kind of a ... I'm reluctant to talk about it because it seems so obvious to me what good technique is. I mean, you sit down, you shut up, and you pay attention is basically the good technique. And then the footnotes add; on an empty stomach, in a dark room, feeling comfortable.

Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought.

I love silence.

My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing.

I just can't sit still and meditate; that doesn't kind of work for me. I don't even know exactly what it means.

I think we can all use a little more patience. I get a little impatient sometimes and I wish I didn't. I really need to be more patient.

Meditation is a lifelong process. Give it a try. As you get deeper and more disciplined into the process, you'll get deeper and more disciplined in your mind and life.

There is a lot of silence in me, and I feel that silence is often better than spoken words.

Silence is refreshment for the soul.

The wisdom of silence is a great asset.

I enjoy watching the karate practitioners because of their high spiritual level.

Meditation is about breathing, it's about clarity, taking your time and not rushing through your thinking.

Sting is much better at switching off than I am. He can concentrate and meditate whatever might be going on in the room and is far more disciplined.

Chill? I can't chill. I find it so difficult to sit still.

I learned to keep my mouth shut, to keep my hands down, just try to put the ball in the net. That is the best answer.