The best tests of
The best tests of my Christian growth occur in the mainstream of life, not in the quietness of my study Charles R. Swindoll
Quietness
God will never adjust
God will never adjust His agenda to fit ours. He will not speed up His pace to catch up with ours; we need to slow our pace in order to recover our walk with Him. God will not scream and shout over the noisy clamor; He expects us to seek quietness, where His still small … Read more
To be used of
To be used of God. Is there anything more encouraging, more fulfilling? Perhaps not, but there is something more basic: to meet with God. To linger in His presence, to shut out the noise of the city and, in quietness, give Him the praise He deserves. Before we engage ourselves in His work, let’s meet … Read more
La, tout n’est qu’ordre
La, tout n’est qu’ordre et beauté Luxe, calme et volupté There, there is nothing else but grace and measure, Richness, quietness, and pleasure. Charles Baudelaire
True inward quietness …
True inward quietness … is not vacancy, but stability – the steadfastness of a single purpose. Caroline Emelia Stephen
True inward quietness is
True inward quietness is not that which may be produced by shutting out all outward causes of distraction — a process which, when carried out too severely, may intensify the inward ferment of the mind, especially in the young. It is rather a state of stable equilibrium; it is not vacancy, but stability — the … Read more
By drawing our senses
By drawing our senses of perception inward, we are able to experience the control, silence, and quietness of the mind. B.K.S. Iyengar
No. The blues are
No. The blues are because you’re getting fat and maybe it’s been raining too long, you’re just sad that’s all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you’re afraid and you don’t know what you’re afraid of. Do you ever get that feeling? Audrey Hepburn
But what was there
But what was there to say? Only that there were tears. Only that Quietness and Emptiness fitted together like stacked spoons. Only that there was a snuffling in the hollows at the base of a lovely throat. Only that a hard honey-colored shoulder had a semicircle of teethmarks on it. Only that they held each … Read more
The snow has quietness
The snow has quietness in it; no songs, no smells, no shouts or traffic. When I speak my own voice shocks me. Anne Sexton