Stillness
Be still, my soul, be still; the arms you bear are brittle,
Earth and high heaven are fixt of old and founded strong.
Topics: Heaven, Heavenly, Heavier, Inner resources, Inner self, Inner Soul., Inner Strength, Still, Stillness
I still go up my 44 stairs two at a time, but that is in hopes of dropping dead at the top.
Author: A. E. HousmanTopics: Hope, Hope for peace, Hope of reward, Hopeful, Still, Stillness, Times, Times of difficulty
Baseball teaches us that even when the odds are against us, we can still come back and win
Author: A. Bartlett GiamattiTopics: Still, Stillness, Teach, Teaching
There is beauty in stillness and grace in acceptance.
Author: K. A. ApplegateTopics: Famous, Grace, Inspirational, Stillness
Taxidermy inhabits a half-life, an underpass between life and death. He is oddly vital, still possessed of an animating force, not as defunct as a corpse yet still nowhere near living. A talisman trapped between escape and dust
Author: A. A. GillTopics: Death, Dust, Experiences, Famous, Force, Inspirational, Life, Possessed, Still, Stillness
To be in love is not the same as loving. You can be in love with a woman and still hate her.
Topics: Famous, Hate, Life, Lovemaking, Loving, Loving Strongly, Meaningful, Still, Stillness, Woman
One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.
Topics: Character, Dancing, Famous, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Self, Self Belief, Self Respect, Still, Stillness
Yeah, I’m still in love with you darlin’ I know you feel the same
Author: Bruno MarsTopics: Knowing, Knowing yourself, Knowledge, Love interest, Loveable, Loved, Lovely, Situation, Situations, Still, Stillness
I still learn, but I think it’s the best thing in life to have a kid.
Topics: Kid, Learning, Learning from Mistakes, Path, Ronaldo, Still, Stillness, Thinking, Thinking mind
No matter how deep our darkness, he is deeper still.
Author: Corrie Ten Boom
Topics: Darkness, Deep, Deep affection, Deeper, Matter, Mature, Still, Stillness
We are up against the unseen power that controls this dark world and the spiritual agents are from the very headquarters of evil. Therefore, we must wear the “whole armour of God,” that we may be able to resist evil in its day of power, and that even when we have fought to a standstill, we may still stand our ground.
Author: Corrie Ten Boom
Topics: Event, Ground, Grow, Power, Power of nature, Resist, Resistless force, Stand, Still, Stillness
If Jesus were born one thousand times in Bethlehem and not in me, then I would still be lost.
Author: Corrie Ten BoomTopics: Jesus, Jesus Christ, Lost, Still, Stillness, Times, Times of difficulty
The world is deathly ill. It is dying. The Great Physician has already signed the death certificate. Yet, there is still a great work for Christians to do. They are to be streams of living water, channels of mercy to those who are still in the world. It is possible for them to do this because they are overcomers.
Author: Corrie Ten BoomTopics: Christmas, Death, Dying, Living, Stillness, Workout, World
There is no pit so deep, that God’s love is not deeper still.
Author: Corrie Ten Boom
Topics: Deep, Deep affection, Famous, God, God willing, Life, Meaningful, Still, Stillness
No lake so still but it has its wave. No circle so perfect but that it has its blur. I would change things for you if I could; As I can’t you must take them as they are.
Topics: Change, Change of Power, Lesson, Letting go, Path, Perfect, Still, Stillness, Things, Thinking
Your duty is to be and not to be this or that. ‘I am that I am’ sums up the whole truth. The method is summed up in the words ‘Be still’. What does stillness mean? It means destroy yourself. Because any form or shape is the cause for trouble. Give up the notion that ‘I am so and so’. All that is required to realize the Self is to be still. What can be easier than that?
Author: Ramana MaharshiTopics: Destroy, Famous, Shape, Stillness, Summed, Trouble, Truth, Words, Yourself
Non-action is unceasing activity. The sage is characterized by eternal and intense activity. His stillness is like the apparent stillness of a fast rotating gyroscope.
Author: Ramana MaharshiTopics: Eternal, Famous, Intense, Meaningful, Stillness
The mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The thoughts have their root in the I-thought. Whoever investigates the True “I” enjoys the stillness of bliss.
Author: Ramana MaharshiTopics: Investigates, Mind, Root, Stillness
If someone tells me that I’ve hurt their feelings, I say, ‘I’m still waiting to hear what your point is
Author: Christopher HitchensTopics: Famous, Feelings, Heard, Hearing, Life, Meaningful, Point, Point out, Resume, Retelling, Retreats, Someone, Something, Still, Stillness
You’ll find that life is still worthwhile if you just smile.
Author: Charlie Chaplin
Topics: Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Lesson, Letting go, Life, Meaningful, Stillness, Worth
Faith does not change my circumstances; faith changes me. Faith may not bring in the tuition check when I need it, but faith will give me what it takes to hang on.
Author: Charles R. Swindoll
Topics: Bring, Bringing hope, Changes, Check, Faith, Faithfulness, Famous, Feelings, Giving, Life, Meaningful, Still, Stillness
If you’re losing your soul and you know it, then you’ve still got a soul left to lose
Author: Charles Bukowski
Topics: Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Human Right, Human soul, Life, Losing, Meaningful, Soul, Still, Stillness, Stimulated
Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still. We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are ready at last to set sail for the stars.
Author: Carl Sagan
Topics: Famous, Feelings, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Nature, Ready, Reasonably, Reasons, Star, Stillness
Man can try to name love, showering upon it all the names at his command, and still he will involve himself in endless self deceptions. If he possesses a grain of wisdom, he will lay down his arms and name the unknown by the more unknown—ignotum per ignotius—that is by the name of God.
Author: Carl JungTopics: Endless Claims, Endless desire, God, God willing, Involves, Mankind, Manner, Manner Of Life, Name, Still, Stillness, Will, Will power
Through pride, we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience, a still, small voice says to us, ‘Something is out of tune.
Author: Carl JungTopics: Deep, Deep affection, Famous, Fortune, Forward-looking, Life, Ourselves, Out of control, Pride, Small, Something, Still, Stillness, Voice
As a child, I felt myself to be alone and I am still, because I know things and must hint at things which others apparently know nothing of, and for the most part do not want to know
Author: Carl JungTopics: Child, Childhood, Lesson, Little Things, Nothing, Part, Participation, Still, Stillness
Don’t you know that four fifths of all our troubles in this life would disappear if we would just sit down and keep still?
Author: Calvin CoolidgeTopics: Disappear, Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Inspirational, Learn, Learning, Life, Meaningful, Stillness, Trouble
If you love deeply, you’re going to get hurt badly. But it’s still worth it.
Author: C. S. LewisTopics: Deepest, Deeply, Hurt, Hurtful, Lesson, Still, Stillness, Worth
The stillness in stillness is not the real stillness; only when there is stillness in movement does the universal rhythm manifest
Author: Bruce LeeTopics: Manifest, Ready, Real, Stillness, Universal
What is true stillness? Stillness in movement
Author: Bruce LeeTopics: Famous, Feelings, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Movement, Questioning, Stillness