Garry Shandling Quotes

Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation.

We have what we seek, it is there all the time, and if we give it time, it will make itself known to us.

Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them.

I have always preferred the reflection of the life to life itself.

The wisdom of silence is a great asset.

Time is one's best friend, teaching best of all the wisdom of silence.

Apply yourself to solitude. One who is given to solitude knows things as they really are.

I aspire only to silence.

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.

The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.

Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others.

In the quiet moments, the discoveries are made.

There is a lot of silence in me, and I feel that silence is often better than spoken words.

Never be afraid to sit a while and think.

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

When you walk 10 hours, 11 hours a day by yourself, you are doing a walking meditation.

It's only by taking myself away from clutter and distraction that I can begin to hear something out of earshot and recall that listening is much more invigorating than giving voice to all the thoughts and prejudices that anyway keep me company twenty-four hours a day.

Everyone has the answers.

Solitude helps you reflect.

Intelligence is silence, truth is being invisible. But what a racket I make in declaring this.

Truth is not found by knowledge, it is found by silence. And knowledge is noisy.

I grow silent. Dear soul, you speak.

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.

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

The mind sees the world as a thing apart, And the soul makes the world at one with itself. A mirror scratched reflects no image— And this is the silence of wisdom.