Edgar Lee Masters Quotes

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

Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them.

Meditation is the soul's perspective glass.

We must go beyond the constant clamor of ego, beyond the tools of logic and reason, to the still, calm place within us: the realm of the soul.

The constant reprimands made me hyperconscious of my own performance, and so instead of getting rid of self, I had become embedded in the egoism I was supposed to transcend. Now I was beginning to understand that a silence that is not clamorous with vexation and worried self-regard can become part of the texture of your mind, can seep into you, moment by moment, and gradually change you.

Except witnessing, I don't teach anything else. So just witness your mind and the meditation will be happening. And once you have got in tune with your being, you know the way, you know the how. Then it does not matter where you are. Alone or in the crowd, in the silences of the forest or in the noises of a marketplace, it is all the same. You can simply close your eyes and disappear inwards.

When one is a stranger to oneself, then one is estranged from others, too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others. Only when one is connected to one's own core, is one connected to others. And for me, the core, the inner spring, can best be re-found through silence.

The way I feel is that there is a balance in my life between being alone and interacting with people, between Being and doing.

Peace does not dwell in outward things, but within the soul.

If you believe the noises of the world, rather than the silences of your soul, you will be lost.

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

Meditation is nothing but withdrawing all the barriers .. thoughts, emotions, sentiments .. which criteria wall between you and existence. The moment they drop, you suddenly find yourself in tune with the whole; not only in tune, you really find you are the whole.

My work as a human being is to quiet my mind, open my heart and do what I can to relieve the suffering with as much wisdom, skill, whatever I got.

When gratitude replaces judgment, peace spreads throughout your body, gentleness embraces your soul, & wisdom fills your mind.

Not only does silence give us a chance to understand ourselves better, to get a truer and more balanced perspective on our own lives in relation to the lives of others: silence makes us whole if we let it. Silence helps draw together the scattered and dissipated energies of a fragmented existence.

Let knowledge grow from more to more, But more of reverence in us dwell; That mind and soul, according well, May make one music as before, But vaster.

Listen to yourself and in that quietude you might hear the voice of God.

Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation.

Cultivate peace of mind which does not separate one's self from one's surroundings. When that is done successfully, then everything else follows naturally.

Let planning be the springboard, so that spirituality can be our splash.

I'm at peace with myself because what I talk about is the way I live.

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

When you've seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there.

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.

The wisdom of silence is a great asset.