James Russell Lowell Quotes

In the corridors under tehre is nothing but sleep. And stiller than ever on orchard boughs they keep Tryst with the moon, and deep is the silence, deep On moon-washed apples of wonder.

When the moon shines very brilliantly, a solitude and stillness seem to proceed from her that influence even crowded places full of life.

Stirless, I stand at the window, and in the black bowl of the sky glows like a golden drop of honey the mellow moon

How silent are the winds!

Silence is best.

With Jackson there was quiet solitude. Just to sit and look at the landscape. An inner quietness. After dinner, to sit on the back porch and look at the light. No need for talking. For any kind of communication.

Quiet is better than loud.

We live in an almost perfect stillness and work with incredible urgency.

Only silence perfects silence.

The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more!

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

Quietness is the beginning of virtue. To be silent is to be beautiful. Stars do not make a noise.

I am a glutton for tranquility.

There is something joyous about not talking.

Then everything was still. Absolutely still.

The repose of darkness is deeper on the water than on the land.

No one could be still like Edward.

Green calm below, blue quietness above.

Quiet is here and all in me. ("Dress of White Silk")

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Tranquillity! thou better name Than all the family of Fame.

How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank Here we will sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears; soft stillness, and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony

placid, adj. Sometimes I love it when we just lie on our backs, gaze off, stay still.

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

No more words. In the name of this place we drink in with our breathing, stay quiet like a flower. So the nightbirds will start singing.