Maya Angelou Quotes

In a quiet place, close your eyes, take a deep breath, and go inward. Place your attention on your heart, in the center of your chest. Sit quietly and easily let your attention remain there.

Savasana is the easiest and most important yoga move because it's so simple. Lying there is meditative.

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

I believe silence is the greatest sound of all.

There is so much noise in the world! May we learn to be silent in our hearts and before God.

Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore.

Real action is in silent moments.

Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return.

The master action, to move forward is a form of inaction; being still and quiet.

Take time to be quiet.

Quietude, which some men cannot abide because it reveals their inward poverty, is as a palace of cedar to the wise, for along its hallowed courts the King in his beauty deigns to walk.

The heart beats louder and the soul hears quicker in silence and solitude.

To meet everything and everyone through stillness instead of mental noise is the greatest gift you can offer the universe.

Often we tell ourselves, "Don't just sit there, do something!" But when we practice awareness, we discover that the opposite may be more helpful: "Don't just do something, sit there!"

Simply wait, be quiet, still The world will freely offer itself to you.

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

Like water which can clearly mirror the sky and the trees only so long as its surface is undisturbed, the mind can only reflect the true image of the Self when it is tranquil and wholly relaxed.

The seated lotus postures are an amazing way to go into meditation, or simply just to take a moment to ground oneself.

I love silence.

I do fish. I think there is a connection between thinking and fishing mostly because you spend a lot of time up to your waist in water without a whole lot to keep your mind busy.

Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Never be afraid to sit a while and think.

Silence is refreshment for the soul.

Stillness as a technique is still really captivating to me.