Ansel Elgort Quotes

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.

All of our great traditions, religious, contemplative and artistic, say that you must a learn how to be alone - and have a relationship with silence. It is difficult, but it can start with just the tiniest quiet moment.

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.

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.

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

Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.

Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation.

It is important from time to time to slow down, to go away by yourself, and simply be.

They only babble who practise not reflection.

For me, writing is a way of thinking. I write in a journal a lot. I'm a very impatient person, so writing and meditation allow me to slow down and watch my mind; they are containers that keep me in place, hold me still.

I'm very introspective, and I mostly don't talk to people. I get into a real quiet, meditative place.

Never be afraid to sit a while and think.

Some of the most powerful times are when we're quiet.

Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing.

'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.

I just like to be alone sometimes and think.

My hobby is silence.

Solitude helps you reflect.

The word must be heard in silence; there must be darkness to see the stars.

Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore.

Only when the clamor of the outside world is silenced will you be able to hear the deeper vibration. Listen carefully.

I named this place Listening Point because only when one comes to listen, only when one is aware and still, can things be seen and heard. Everyone has a listening point somewhere. It does not have to be in the north or close to the wilderness, but someplace of quiet where the universe can be contemplated with awe.

From three to four, he planned to stand perfectly still and think of what it was like to be alive.

Take time to be quiet.

The beginning of prayer is silence.