William E. Vaughan Quotes

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.

My goal is to get quieter as I get older.

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.

Never be afraid to sit a while and think.

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

Take time to be quiet.

Its never too late to take a moment to look.

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.

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

If you can become a mirror you have become a meditator. Meditation is nothing but skill in mirroring. And now, no word moves inside you so there is no distraction.

I love silence.

The wisdom of silence is a great asset.

'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.

Follow effective action with quiet reflection.

Quiet time and solitude are vital to helping me keep perspective. I consider myself fortunate to have so much quiet built into my profession. I spend long hours by myself at my easel. And while I work, I think-of the future, of my loved ones, of God's goodness and the many exciting opportunities that surround me. I ponder the challenges I face, the needs of others, the direction my life is going.

Only let the moving waters calm down, and the sun and moon will be reflected on the surface of your being.

In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.

When you stop searching and you calm down and you put your books away, and you confront yourself and see what you are all about, that will bring about bliss faster than anything you can ever imagine or ever do.

The ideal person is he who, in the midst of the greatest silence and solitude, finds the intensest activity, and in the midst of the intensest activity finds the silence and solitude of the desert.

Retire to the center of your being, which is calmness.

Now it is time to sit quiet, face to face with thee, and to sing dedication of life in this silent and overflowing leisure.

True piety lies rather in the power to contemplate the universe with a quiet mind.

Who can wait in stillness while the mud settles?

In these silences something may rise