Virginia Woolf Quotes

You can create space just by standing still.

Movement is only as good as the sense of stillness that you can bring to it to put it into perspective.

Presence remains even amidst worldly activities. Stillness is there even when you're doing something quickly, like rushing to answer the phone. Otherwise you would be condemned to moving in slow motion.

Peace is when time doesn't matter as it passes by.

Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance.

When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing - just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pond, a flickering candle or children playing in the park?

Existence itself does not feel horrible; it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience.

Time seems to stop in certain places.

The point is that when I see a sunset or a waterfall or something, for a split second it's so great, because for a little bit I'm out of my brain, and it's got nothing to do with me. I'm not trying to figure it out, you know what I mean? And I wonder if I can somehow find a way to maintain that mind stillness.

The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.

I am breathing in and out. Realizing this, I began to notice that each moment was not without its beauty.

Real action is in silent moments.

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

Stopping is a spiritual art. It is the refuge where we drink life in.

With stillness comes the benediction of Peace.

The trees, the flowers, the plants grow in silence. The stars, the sun, the moon move in silence. Silence gives us a new perspective.

Only let the moving waters calm down, and the sun and moon will be reflected on the surface of your being.

The master action, to move forward is a form of inaction; being still and quiet.

If you move in the present moment, the whole eternity is in your hands.

Its all about finding the calm in the chaos.

Presence is a state of inner spaciousness

Learning to pause is the first step in the practice of Radical Acceptance. A pause is a suspension of activity, a time of temporary disengagement when we are no longer moving toward any goal ... The pause can occur in the midst of almost any activity and can last for an instant, for hours or for seasons of our life ... You might try it now: Stop reading and sit there, doing 'no thing,' and simply notice what you are experiencing.

Stillness is your essential nature. What is stillness? The inner space or awareness in which the words on this page are bieng perceived and become thoughts. Without that awareness, there would be no perception, no thoughts, no world. You are that awareness, disguised as a person.