Best 822 quotes in «quiet quotes» category

...even the donkeys were quiet.

Even the most humane and compassionate of the monotheisms and polytheisms are complicit in this quiet and irrational authoritarianism: they proclaim us, in Fulke Greville's unforgettable line, "Created sick Commanded to be well." And there are totalitarian insinuations to back this up if its appeal should fail.

Even though I'm resting I'm accomplishing something by sewing that shirt that I've been meaning to sew for weeks. And it's relaxing. It's so very meditative and quiet and enjoyable. But at least I'm producing something. I'm being productive in some way. I have a very hard time being completely idle.

Everybody asks me, 'So, what are you doing now?' Why must I be doing something? All my life I've been doing something. All my life I've been doing. For now, I'm being -- being quiet, being grateful.

Everybody's talking trash these days, so why not keep quiet?

Everybody's got a 'thing.' Some 'things' are nice and quiet. Some 'things' have fangs and claws. Some 'things' stink and have slobber everywhere.

Every day, God has something to say to you. Even when He seems to be quiet, God is still saying something.

Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.

Everyman, when he gets quiet, when he becomes desperately honest with himself, is capable of uttering profound truths.

Everyone on this island wants something kept quiet. I want to roar

Every sane and sensible and quiet thing we do is absolutely ignored by the press.

Everything was quiet, a strange sort of quiet that felt like an unfinished sentence.

Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.

Few things are hidden from a quiet child with good eyesight.

Excuse me, but I believe you have my lady,” one of them said in a quiet, deep voice that sent veritable chills down George’s spine. Harry.

Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.

Finding some quiet time in your life, I think, is hugely important.

Film spectators are quiet vampires.

Florence is probably one of the most beautiful cities in Italy. It's very quiet as well - there's not much nightlife - so it definitely keeps me focused on the work.

First you have to teach a child to talk, then you have to teach it to be quiet.

Forget things and have a quiet moment.

For a moment, she was quiet. Then she grabbed my hand, whispered, “Run run run run run,” and took off, pulling me behind her.

Follow effective action with quiet reflection.

For me probably the best moment is before I get started in the morning. I get up and I ride my bike before I come into the studio, so there's a lot of peace and quiet right before the day starts and my assistants get here.

For people who like peace and quiet: a phoneless cord.

Freedom means the capability to say yes when yes is needed, to say no when no is needed, and sometimes to keep quiet when nothing is needed - to be silent, not to say anything. When all these dimensions are available, there is freedom.

For the wakeful one whose mind is quiet, whose thoughts are undisturbed, who has relinquished judgement and blame, there is no fear.

Friends are lights in winter; the older the friend, the brighter the light.

For whom all winds are quiet as the sun,/ All waters as the shore.

Fullness is always quiet; agitation will answer for empty vessels only.

From outside one will always triumphantly impress theories upon the world and then fall straight into the ditch one has dug, but only from inside will one keep oneself and the world quiet and true.

God incarnate is the end of fear; and the heart that realizes that, realizes that he is in the midst, that takes heed to the assurance of his loving presence, will be quiet in the midst of alarm.

Girls can be so petty and jealous. I swear they're worse than guys sometimes. Except they're all quiet about it. They sugarcoat it or else they talk behind each other's backs. It's seriously twisted.

God is much in the difficult home problems as in the times of quiet and prayer.

God is not usually a burning bush in my life. He's usually a very quiet whisper. And he never shows up too early...but he's also never late, either.

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

God of wilderness, God of wildness, lead me to the quiet places of my soul. In stillness, in openness, may I find my strength.

Here at the quiet limit of the world.

Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts.

Happiness is the harvest of a quiet mind. Anchor your thoughts on peace, poise, security and divine guidance and your mind will be productive of happiness.

Happiness is the quiet lull between problems.

Have you noticed," she asked him, "how we live much of our lives in the past and most of the rest of it in the future? Have you noticed how often the present moment slips by quiet unnoticed?

He asked <...> Rosemary, why do you love books so much? And I said, Well, I don't know <...> I suppose I love them because they're quiet, and I can take them to the park.

Here's the thing: You rescue us every day in small, quiet ways, so why not in this way? Let us into your mystery, tell us how you would like to be loved, show us how to see you, really see you.

Her legacy was her quiet dignity and instinctive rage against injustice, ... What she determined on the spot was that her dignity would not allow her to be treated unjustly.

He was not oppressed by a crowd because in the midst of all the hullabaloo he always found a quiet place for his soul.

He who, though dressed in fine apparel, exercises tranquillity, is quiet, subdued, restrained, chaste, and has ceased to find fault with all other beings, he indeed is an ascetic.

History is written by the victors, the strongest, the most determined. Truth is found most often in the silence, in the quiet places.

Hey, I always say: if you want a quiet life, become a monk.

His Back was turned to the end of the world and the end of the world was quiet.