Quiet Reflection Quotes

It is quite true what Philosophy says: that Life must be understood backwards. But that makes one forget the other saying: that it must be lived—forwards. The more one ponders this, the more it comes to mean that life in the temporal existence never becomes quite intelligible, precisely because at no moment can I find complete quiet to take the backward- looking position.

Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it.

Introverts prefer to work independently, and solitude can be a catalyst to innovation.

The speech of my heart will be carried on in murmurings of a song.

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.

The very best and noblest attainment in this life is to be silent and let God work and speak within. Therefore it is said: 'In the midst of silence the secret word was spoken to me'.

It is to this silence [contemplative prayer] that we all are called.

Everything that's created comes out of silence. Your thoughts emerge from the nothingness of silence. Your words come out of this void. Your very essence emerged from emptiness. All creativity requires some stillness.

The moment you wake up each morning, all your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals. And the first job each morning consists in shoving it all back; in listening to that other voice, taking that other point of view, letting that other, larger, stronger, quieter life come flowing in.

Bed is the best place for reading, thinking, or doing nothing.

Loneliness is only an opportunity to cut adrift and find yourself. In solitude you are least alone.

Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river. When the ocean is searching for you, don't walk into the river. Listen to the ocean.

There are some things which a man never speaks of, which are much finer kept silent about. To the highest communications we only lend a silent ear.

It's important to have a place where you can recharge. Everybody's is different, but I do think it should entail quiet because it needs to be where you hear your spirit most clearly. For me, that's the prayer room in my apartment. And since my home is 700 square feet, I mean the coat closet near the front door.

I've found throughout the years that I needed a place where I can go with no TV, no computer, no phone and just have no distractions and just be able to sit and think and just not be disturbed.

Silence is an answer to a wise man.

I thought about how we need to make children feel that there are times in their lives when they need to be alone and quiet and to be able to accept their aloneness.

The first requirement for prayer is silence. People of prayer are people of silence.

There may be something good in silence. It's a brand new thing. You can hear the funniest little discussions, if you keep turning the volume down. Shut yourself up, and listen out loud.

God's first language is Silence. Everything else is a translation.

There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.

Follow effective action with quiet reflection.

If people thought a quarter of what they speak, this world would be heaven.