Julie Andrews Quotes

Never be afraid to sit a while and think.

When you don't know what to do, get still. The answer will come.

Sometimes it's better to just be quiet, to not think of anything at all. Out of silence comes the greatest creativity.

There are things that can only happen through you when you are still. Silence is often the most important work you can do.

Zen masters say you cannot see your reflection in running water, only in still water.

Take time to be quiet.

You can look only when the mind is completely quiet.

You see more sitting still than chasing after.

If you can get absolutely still for just one moment, you have reached the goal.

In silence, we have an opportunity to reflect, listen, and gain new insights about ourselves. In silence, we can think, feel, and most important of all, breathe. When you seek guidance, understanding, clarity, or peace of mind, the first step is to master the art of silence and to rethink the value of solitude.

Who can wait in stillness while the mud settles?

Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and listen. No more is needed.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

Clear mind is like the full moon in the sky. Sometimes clouds come and cover it, but the moon is always behind them. Clouds go away, then the moon shines brightly. So don't worry about clear mind: it is always there. When thinking comes, behind it is clear mind. When thinking goes, there is only clear mind. Thinking comes and goes, comes and goes, You must not be attached to the coming or the going.

A few times in my life I've had moments of clarity where the silence drowns out the noise and I can feel rather than think.

Rain is good for me. I feel like I achieve clarity actually when it rains. The longer I have to sit and wait, the clearer my game becomes to me.

Silence is the most powerful state.

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

Meditation means to be free from all phenomena and calmness means to be internally unperturbed. There will be calmness when one is free from external objects and is not perturbed.

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

Men do not mirror themselves in running water - they mirror themselves in still water. Only what is still can still the stillness of other things.

There are times when we stop, we sit still. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper.

It is easy to have calmness in inactivity, it is hard to have calmness in activity, but calmness in activity is true calmness.

Only keep still, wait, and hear, and the world will open.

Stop, stop. Do not speak. The ultimate truth is not even to think.