thought for today

Thought for Today

“The sound of ‘gentle stillness’ after all the thunder and wind have passed will be the ultimate Word from God.” — Jim Elliot

“Nearly everybody I know does something to try to remove herself to clear her head and to have enough time and space to think… All of instinctively feel that something inside us crying out for more spaciousness and stillness to offset the exhilarations of this movement and the fun and diversion of the modern world.”Continue reading “Thought for Today”

Thought for Today

“I get those fleeting, beautiful moments of inner peace and stillness — and the other 23 hours and 45 minutes of the day, I’m a human trying to make it through in this world.” — Ellen DeGeneres

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“The most auspicious moment of your life is when you make the commitment to know the truth, a commitment so firm there is no turning back.” ~Swami Chidvilasananda

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“To know yourself and the Being underneath the thinker, the stillness underneath the mental noise, the love and joy underneath the pain, is freedom, salvation, enlightenment.” — Eckhart Tolle

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“Learning how to be still, to really be still, and let life happen – that stillness becomes a radiance. ” — Morgan Freeman

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“Not merely an absence of noise, real silence begins when a reasonable being withdraws from the noise in order to find peace and order in his inner sanctuary.” — Peter Minard

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“In the silence of the heart God speaks. If you face God in prayer and silence, God will speak to you. Then you will know that you are nothing. It is only when you realize your nothingness, your emptiness, that God can fill you with Himself. Souls of prayer are souls of great silence.”Continue reading “Thought for Today”

Thought for Today

“I’ve begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own.” ― Chaim Potok, The Chosen

Thought for Today

“We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has taken a lifetime to learn. It seems only the old are able to sit next to one another and not say anything and still feel content. The young, brash and impatient, must always break the silence. It is a waste, for silence is pure.Continue reading “Thought for Today”