Quotes About Quieting The Mind

#1. Difficulties are just things to overcome, after all.

Ernest Shackleton

#2. Hope allows us to bid farewell to fear.

John Milton

#3. It was the most convulted, ridiculous piece of logic I'd heard in awhile ... It was something I would have come up with.

Richelle Mead

#4. I will frankly tell you that my experience in prolonged scientific investigations convinces me that a belief in God-a God who is behind and within the chaos of vanishing points of human knowledge-adds a wonderful stimulus to the man who attempts to penetrate into the regions of the unknown.

Louis Agassiz

#5. Meditation is the process of quieting one's mind, and letting go of the worries and stress of life.

Tim McCarthy

#6. The quieting of our mind is a political act.

Jack Kornfield

#7. I think reality is thin, you know, thin as lake ice after a thaw, and we fill our lives with noise and light and motion to hide that thinness from ourselves.

Stephen King

#8. I never really understood the word 'loneliness'. As far as I was concerned, I was in an orgy with the sky and the ocean, and with nature.

Bjork

#9. Whatever the method, the purpose of quieting the mind is always the same ... to step out of you own way and touch a Universal Oneness with all things.

Susan Jeffers

#10. I don't believe you have to get a peaceful heart, I think there is a native tranquility within each of us that's already there. And through quieting your mind and your heart, you can slip right down into it.

John O'Donohue

#11. Then kiss me, Claire," he whispered, "And know that you are more to me than life, and I have no regret.

Diana Gabaldon

#12. Meditation is the progressive quieting of our mind, until we reach the source of thought, which in wisdom traditions are the realm of our soul and spirit. In this domain of awareness there is infinite creativity, synchronicity, the power of intention, and freedom from limitations.

Deepak Chopra

#13. I think it would have to be the way that my sister looks at you when you can't see it."

"Yeah? And how's that?" he asked, very interested in the answer.

"Oh, you know," she said coolly, "like you're the air she needs to breathe.

L.A. Kuehlke

#14. Yoga is the practice of quieting the mind.

Patanjali

#15. The question for France and all countries is, 'Do you favour foreign Internet operators that do not pay, or do you favour national operators who pay?'

Xavier Niel

#16. It's about quieting your mind and getting into certain states where everything outside of you doesn't matter in that moment. There are so many things telling you that you can't do something, but you take those thoughts captive, take power over them and change them.

Russell Okung

#17. A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.

Catherine The Great

#18. By relaxation, I don't mean falling asleep in front of the TV set or unwinding with friends. The kind I'm talking about is a quieting of mental activity and withdrawal of body and mind from external stimulation.

Bernie Siegel

#19. Best-selling horror fiction is indeed necessarily conservative because it must entertain a large number of readers. It's like network television. I'm your local cable access station.

Thomas Ligotti

#20. You put a guy on a desert island, he'll do it to mud, a chicken, a barrel, anything, a knothole.

Lenny Bruce

#21. Meditation is all about the pursuit of nothingness. It's like the ultimate rest. It's better than the best sleep you've ever had. It's a quieting of the mind. It sharpens everything, especially your appreciation of your surroundings. It keeps life fresh.

Hugh Jackman

#22. You should also pay attention to what happens to you and make sure you draw correct conclusions

Sunday Adelaja

#23. Fire-breathing bitch-queen.

Sarah J. Maas