Pico Iyer Quotes

I've always felt that the truth is in the silence.

Meditation is to be aware of every thought and of every feeling, never to say it is right or wrong, but just to watch it and move with it. In that watching, you begin to understand the whole movement of thought and feeling. And out of this awareness comes silence.

Don't underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the thing you can't hear, and not bothering.

The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.

Listen once in a while. It's amazing what you can hear.

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.

Silence and solitude are more distracting to me than chatter and commotion.

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

The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.

Zen taught me how to pay attention, how to delve, how to question and enter, how to stay with -- or at least want to try to stay with -- whatever is going on.

I grow silent. Dear soul, you speak.

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.

To listen to the silence, wherever you are, is an easy and direct way of becoming present. Even if there is noise, there is always some silence underneath and in between the sounds. Listening to the silence immediately creates stillness inside you.

May my silences become more accurate.

We hear nothing so clearly as what comes out of silence.

Be quiet. Part of your responsibility is to honour the quiet inside yourself so you can hear the call.

Let go of your mind and then be mindful. Close your ears and listen!

How can you hear your soul if everyone is talking?

I need more and more silence, it feels. Poems don't leap into my mind when I'm distracted, turned outward, with other people, listening to music.

We have been so blinded by thinking and feeling that we have never seen the World.

And you try to quiet your mind so you can hear.

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.

I'm not doing anything, and yet I'm also doing the most important thing a man can do: I'm listening to what I needed to hear from myself.

I think there's too much mult-tasking going on. I think people need to quiet down and focus and be still more.