Sally Quinn Quotes

The heart beats louder and the soul hears quicker in silence and solitude.

Stop, stop. Do not speak. The ultimate truth is not even to think.

The essence of meditation is a period of time set aside to contemplate the Lord, listen to Him, and allow Him to permeate our spirits.

One must learn an inner solitude, where or with whomsoever he may be. He must learn to penetrate things and find God there, to get a strong impression of God firmly fixed on his mind.

It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.

Ground yourself, strip yourself down, To blind loving Silence

Cultivating quietness is a missing discipline today...the quietness needed to nurture an inner life hid in Christ.

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

It is in that inner peace and stillness that things begin to happen, and it was in that peace and stillness that I began to hear God's voice.

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

The sum of evil, Pascal remarked, would be much diminished if men could only learn to sit quietly in their rooms.

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

I love silence.

One of the values of centering prayer is that you are not thinking about God during the time of centering prayer so you are giving God a chance to manifest. In centering prayer there are moments of peace that give the psyche a chance to realize that God may not be so bad after all. God has a chance to be himself for a change.

There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while.

I think I'm a spiritual person. I don't really go to church often when services are on, but I like going in when they are empty and quiet, and just sitting there and thinking for a little while.

Retire at various times into the solitude of your own heart, even while outwardly engaged in discussions or transactions with others, and talk to God.

Religion and ritual can be vehicles for entering stillness. It says in Psalm 46:10, 'Be still, and know that I am God.' But they are still just vehicles. The Buddha called his teaching a raft: You don't need to carry it around with you after you've crossed the river.

Silence is the pause in me when I am near to God.

When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world, and droop. Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, how gracious, how benign is solitude.

Sometimes I just sit still and enjoy God's presence.

I'm down for indefinitely chilling as long as I'm not self-aware during it. That seems like it could be torture on some level but a lot of people pray for that so who knows.

Embrace silence since meditation is the only way to truly come to know your Source.

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

There are times when we stop, we sit still. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper.