“Behind your image, below your words, above your thoughts, the silence of another world waits.”
— John O Donohue, Anam Cara
Galway Bay ~ Photo: A. Minogue
QUOTES ON STILLNESS
Photo: A. Minogue Spanish doorway
“The body is your only home in the universe. It is your house of belonging here in the world. It is a very sacred temple. To spend time in silence before the mystery of your body brings you toward wisdom and holiness”
— John O Donohue, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom
“Nothing in all creation is so like God as stillness”
— Meister Eckhart
“To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders”
— Lao Tzu
“Be still and know that I am God”
— Psalm 46:10
“There are many who live in the mountains and behave as if they were in the town, and they are wasting their time. It is possible to be a solitary in one’s mind while living in a crowd, and it is possible for one who is a solitary to live in the crowd of personal thoughts” - Amma Syncletica (4th Century, Desert Mother)
— Life of Blessed Syncletica