Seneca the Younger Quotes

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

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

I like silence.

When I'm not working is when I tend to freak out a bit. It's hard for me to just stay home.

Chill? I can't chill. I find it so difficult to sit still.

Take time to be quiet.

You don't need a vacation when there's nothing to escape from.

Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths, or the turning inwards in prayer for five short minutes.

Solitude matters. And for some people it's the air they breathe.

But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell.

It is not necessary to do things in a state of anxiety or anguish. That is not the way to be aligned with life.

Such a person needs meditation more than anyone else because they are headed for a crisis. If stress and anxiety are so great that you can't even imagine a calm clear mind, that indicates you are reaching your coping limits, and need to begin something like meditation just for the stress reduction benefits.

Rest and be thankful.

I am happiest when I am alone.

Mutt enjoyed traveling by car, but he was an unquiet passenger. He suffered from the delusion, common to dogs and small boys, that when he was looking out the right-hand side, he was probably missing something far more interesting on the left-hand side.

Bach takes you to a very quiet place within yourself, to the inner core, a place where you are calm and at peace.

I don’t think there’s ever what could be called a "chilled state" in my head.

I'm here to tell you that the path to peace is right there, when you want to get away.

Drop Thy still dews of quietness, Till all our strivings cease; Take from our souls the strain and stress, And let our ordered lives confess The beauty of Thy peace.

I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the 'monkey mind' -- the thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only to scratch themselves, spit and howl.

I don't get insomnia, but I do get the odd night when I can't unwind.

When you force sleep, it doesn't happen.

I don't ever rest. It's a problem and hopefully something I will get a better handle on in the coming years.