Margaret Wise Brown Quotes

Quietness is an essential part of all awareness. In quiet times and sleepy times, a child can dwell in thoughts of his own, and in songs and stories of his own.

Take time to be quiet.

I named this place Listening Point because only when one comes to listen, only when one is aware and still, can things be seen and heard. Everyone has a listening point somewhere. It does not have to be in the north or close to the wilderness, but someplace of quiet where the universe can be contemplated with awe.

The appetite for silence is seldom an acquired taste.

To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society. I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me. But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars.

Men do not mirror themselves in running water; they mirror themselves in still water.

It isn't necessary that you leave home. Sit at your desk and listen. Don't even listen, just wait. Don't wait, be still and alone. The whole world will offer itself to you.

Let the bucket of memory down into the well, bring it up. Cool, cool minutes. No one stirring, no plans. Just being there.

Solitude is an essential element for the spiritual health of a child. If we only stimulate our children - keep them busy with endless stories with no space to be alone - that's not good.

Silence is so accurate.

It is important from time to time to slow down, to go away by yourself, and simply be.

I love silence.

I've been busy and need to slow my little tail down and sit and meditate somewhere. I do my walking meditations every day, but just to sit still. Just to be in one place and just to be quiet.

In fact at home I sometimes like to be quiet and hear the sounds of the world outside.

I'm a very interior person. I love silence. I revel in it. I'm happy that way.

I've never meditated in my life. I don't practice yoga nor any religion. I'm a tourist on the realm of stillness.

I'm very introspective, and I mostly don't talk to people. I get into a real quiet, meditative place.

My goal is to get quieter as I get older.

When I was in lower school, I graduated from fourth grade, and the principal gave us a summer assignment to take a 30-minute reflection period every day. And, of course, there were no cell phones at the time. She said to just think. And that's lost. It doesn't exist anymore. Just imagine being on a couch and just thinking.

Never be afraid to sit a while and think.

Silence is refreshment for the soul.

I've found throughout the years that I needed a place where I can go with no TV, no computer, no phone and just have no distractions and just be able to sit and think and just not be disturbed.

A life without a lonely place, that is, without a quiet center, becomes destructive.

We need time to defuse, to contemplate. Just as in sleep our brains relax and give us dreams, so at some time in the day we need to disconnect, reconnect, and look around us.

Listen to the sound of silence.