Charles Bukowski Quotes

You have time. Meaning don't use it, but pass through time in patience, waiting for something to come. Prepare for its arrival. Don't rush to meet it. Be a conduit.

She was always waiting, it seemed to be her forte.

Life is always rich and steady time when you are waiting for something to happen or to hatch.

Only keep still, wait, and hear, and the world will open.

Everything comes if a man will only wait.

We must not run after it, but we must fit ourselves for the vision and then wait tranquilly for it, as the eye waits on the rising of the Sun which in its own time appears above the horizon and gives itself to our sight.

One must wait till it comes.

The night is still waiting.

When in doubt, stand still.

Honey, ... When a wolf watches a lamb, he's not thinking about the lamb's mommy.

Why is patience so important?" "Because it makes us pay attention.

I think I'll just go down and have some pudding and wait for it all to turn up - it always does in the end.

We do not obtain the most precious gifts by going in search of them but by waiting for them.

You know there are moments such as these when time stands still and all you do is hold your breath and hope it will wait for you.

Above all, what I learned from my Sensei was how to wait. I believe I learned the meaning of waiting on one foot. If I understand anything in this life, it is how to wait. It is not an answer. But for me it is everything.

Waiting is one of the great arts.

When you see the setting, wait for the rising. Why worry about a sunset or a fading moon?

The whole summer lay ahead of us-time to rest, time to wait. And when the future comes-no matter what comes with it-I'll be smarter. I'll be stronger. I'll be ready.

The key is to wait. Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to do nothing.

Not gray, exactly. Right before the sun rises there's a moment when the whole sky goes this pale nothing color-not really gray but sort of, or sort of white, and I've always really liked it because it reminds me of waiting for something good to happen.

"Stand still" - keep the posture of an upright man, ready for action, expecting further orders, cheerfully and patiently awaiting the directing voice; and it will not be long ere God shall say to you, as distinctly as Moses said it to the people of Israel, "Go forward."

There is magic in patience, you know.

Peaceful warriors have the patience to wait until the mud settles and the water clears. They remain unmoving until the right time, so the right action arises by itself. They do not seek fulfillment, but wait with open arms to welcome all things.

Everything comes to him who waits -- if he waits till it comes.

When the peacock has presented his back, the spectator will usually begin to walk around him to get a front view; but the peacock will continue to turn so that no front view is possible. The thing to do then is to stand still and wait until it pleases him to turn. When it suits him, the peacock will face you. Then you will see in a green-bronze arch around him a galaxy of gazing, haloed suns.