Agnes de Mille Quotes

I don't think we spend enough time in silence, just realizing what's floating around in our noggin.

Sit with silence a lot - real silence, where nothing is happening - because you learn so much in those moments of quiet.

Silence is one of the deepest Disciplines of the Spirit, simply because it puts the stopper on all self-justificat ion

In solitude, where we are least alone.

The harvest of a quiet eye, That broods and sleeps on his own heart.

I am working out the vocabulary of my silence.

For now she need not think of anybody. She could be herself, by herself. And that was what now she often felt the need of - to think; well not even to think. To be silent; to be alone.

Oh look at how she listens She says nothing of what she thinks She just goes stumbling through her memories Staring out on to Grey Street

listen to the silence inside the illusion of the world, and you will remember the lesson you forgot

Being honest when you're dealing with others is easier to do because your honesty is on the table for all to view...Being honest with yourself is more difficult because you only have to justify it in private where no one can see it.

But for me I think it's just about taking that time of reflection and contemplation. That's probably my process in every decision that I make: to make sure that I spend time just with myself, and really times of silence and mediation to go through that process; and music is a big part of that as well.

Silence and solitude are confrontational. They plunge us instantly into the truth.

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.

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

I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen, And accrue what I hear into myself...and let sound contribute toward me.

Silence is something more than just a pause; it is that enchanted place where space is cleared and time is stayed and the horizon itself expands. In silence, we often say, we can hear ourselves think; but what is truer to say is that in silence we can hear ourselves not think....In silence, we might better say, we can hear someone else think.

You grow your best thoughts in silence, solitude, and meditation. When you relax and think deeply, you are giving your inmost powers their best opportunity to disclose themselves.

Any honest inquiry into the reality of nature also yields insights about ourselves.

If you do not go within, you without

Make your judgment trustworthy by trusting it. Cultivate regular periods of silence and meditation. The best time to build judgment is in solitude, when you can think out things for yourself without the probability of interruption.

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.

The thought is not something that observes an inner event, but, rather it is this inner event itself. We do not reflect on something, but, rather, something thinks itself in us.

Truth is not found by knowledge, it is found by silence. And knowledge is noisy.

Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.

One ought to sink to the bottom of the sea, probably, and live alone with one's words.