“We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change that I know.”
-— Carl Rogers
“Every thought creates vibrations, which reach out into the world. Let me create benevolent, sustaining thoughts. “
— Unknown
“What you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. Don’t complain.”
— Maya Angelou
“Find stillness and you find God.”
— Jonathan Lockwood Huie
“We need to find God,and He cannot be found in noise and restlessness.God is the friend of silence.See how nature – trees, flowers, grass – grows in silence;see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence…We need silence to be able to touch souls.”
— Mother Teresa
“God is found in stillness.To know God is to stop and be still.Listen to the spirit within you.Communion with God happens internally.You will never meet God in the hustle and bustle of life.Learn to be silent. It is here that you will find God.”
— Tanya Guerrier
“The style of God venerated in the church, mosque, or synagogue seems completely different from the style of the natural universe.”
— Alan Watts
“In prayerful silence you must look into your own heart.No one can tell you better than yourself what comes between you and God.Ask yourself.Then listen!”
— Johannes Tauler
“There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it,and fills it with noble inclinations.”
— Washington Irving
“If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet,you’ll come to understand that you’re connected with everything.”
— Alan Watts
“I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.”
— Katherine Hepburn
“Be yourself. The world worships the original.”
-– Ingrid Bergman