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May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie
May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Showing posts with label silence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label silence. Show all posts
Monday, September 21, 2026
Listen to the Woods Speak
An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
- Henry David Thoreau
Let today be a day to spend time alone in nature.
Take a walk as far from the hustle and bustle of society as you can.
If you can, walk near trees or water.
There is sanctuary in being alone with nature.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife...
- Thomas Gray
If a person walks in the woods and listens carefully,
he can learn more than what is in books,
for they speak with the voice of God.
- George Washington Carver
Further reading: Ten Little Tips to Feel Happier Right Now
What To Do When Your Whole World Is Falling Apart?
Renew Yourself
Sunday, September 20, 2026
Spend Time in Conscious Silence
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
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
In Silence, You Understand Yourself and the Universe.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Few people know how to take a walk.
The qualifications are endurance,
plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature,
good humor, vast curiosity, good speech,
good silence and nothing too much.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Music is the silence between the notes.
- Claude Debussy
Today's affirmation:
I am a Unique Expression
of the Universal Fabric of Creation.
I celebrate both my uniqueness
and my connection with all that is.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Stillness of the Mind
Quiet Time
Breath by Breath
Labels:
Alan Watts,
calm,
Claude Debussy,
meditation,
nature,
oneness,
quiet,
Ralph Waldo Emerson,
silence,
solitude,
stillness,
Unity,
Washington Irving,
Zen
Saturday, September 19, 2026
Don't Criticize or Complain
If you are patient in one moment of anger,
you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
- Chinese Proverb
When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
When angry, count to ten before you speak.
If very angry, count to one hundred.
- Thomas Jefferson
Don't Criticize, Condemn, Or Complain.
- Dale Carnegie
It takes years to build up trust,
and only seconds to destroy it.
- Anonymous
Further reading: Speak with Kindness
Listen, Really Listen
Be Kind
The Golden Rule
Monday, February 16, 2026
Savor Some Quiet Moments Today
Pause to smell the roses, to breathe, to take a quiet moment for yourself.
Let today be a day to remember that you get to CHOOSE how you spend your time.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The quieter you become,
the more you can hear.
- Ram Dass
Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.
- Native American Proverb
There is more to life than increasing its speed.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Spend time every day listening to what your muse is trying to tell you.
- Saint Bartholomew
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
Create Some Quiet Time Today.
Further reading: God is Found in Silence
The Beat of the Universe
The Quiet Voice of Courage
Your Intuition is Your Guide
Quiet Time
Sunday, November 16, 2025
In solitude the mind gains strength
Spend some time alone every day.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy
is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet,
alone with the heavens, nature and God.
Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.
- Anne Frank
A quiet mind cures all.
- Robert Burton
In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.
- Laurence Sterne
Affirmation: Today, I Will Spend Time Alone and In Silence.
Further reading: Solitude is a Cure
Choose Inner Peace and a Less Stressful Life
Be an Open Channel
Let me bring peace
The Beat of the Universe
Labels:
Anne Frank,
Dalai Lama,
God,
inner peace,
Laurence Sterne,
mind,
nature,
quiet,
quiet mind,
Robert Burton,
silence,
solitude,
stillness
Sunday, September 21, 2025
The Woods Speak
An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
- Henry David Thoreau
Let today be a day to spend time alone in nature.
Take a walk as far from the hustle and bustle of society as you can.If you can, walk near trees or water.
There is sanctuary in being alone with nature.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife...
- Thomas Gray
If a person walks in the woods and listens carefully,
he can learn more than what is in books,
for they speak with the voice of God.
- George Washington Carver
Further reading: Ten Little Tips to Feel Happier Right Now
Saturday, September 20, 2025
Take a Long Walk in Silence
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
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
In Silence, You Understand Yourself and the Universe.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Few people know how to take a walk.
The qualifications are endurance,
plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature,
good humor, vast curiosity, good speech,
good silence and nothing too much.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Music is the silence between the notes.
- Claude Debussy
Today's affirmation:
I am a Unique Expression
of the Universal Fabric of Creation.
I celebrate both my uniqueness
and my connection with all that is.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Stillness of the Mind
Quiet Time
Breath by Breath
Labels:
Alan Watts,
calm,
Claude Debussy,
meditation,
nature,
oneness,
quiet,
Ralph Waldo Emerson,
silence,
solitude,
stillness,
Unity,
Washington Irving,
Zen
Friday, September 19, 2025
Avoid Criticizing or Complaining
If you are patient in one moment of anger,
you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
- Chinese Proverb
When restraint and courtesy are added to strength,
the latter becomes irresistible.- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
When angry, count to ten before you speak.
If very angry, count to one hundred.
- Thomas Jefferson
Don't Criticize, Condemn, Or Complain.
- Dale Carnegie
It takes years to build up trust,
and only seconds to destroy it.
- Anonymous
Further reading: Speak with Kindness
Listen, Really Listen
Be Kind
The Golden Rule
Sunday, February 16, 2025
CHOOSE how you spend your time
Pause to smell the roses, to breathe, to take a quiet moment for yourself.
Let today be a day to remember that you get to CHOOSE how you spend your time.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The quieter you become,
the more you can hear.
- Ram Dass
Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.
- Native American Proverb
There is more to life than increasing its speed.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Spend time every day listening to what your muse is trying to tell you.
- Saint Bartholomew
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
Create Some Quiet Time Today.
Further reading: God is Found in Silence
The Beat of the Universe
The Quiet Voice of Courage
Your Intuition is Your Guide
Quiet Time
Saturday, November 16, 2024
Seek Moments of Solitude and Stillness
Spend some time alone every day.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy
is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet,
alone with the heavens, nature and God.
Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.
- Anne Frank
A quiet mind cures all.
- Robert Burton
In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.
- Laurence Sterne
Affirmation: Today, I Will Spend Time Alone and In Silence.
Further reading: Solitude is a Cure
Choose Inner Peace and a Less Stressful Life
Be an Open Channel
Let me bring peace
The Beat of the Universe
Labels:
Anne Frank,
Dalai Lama,
God,
inner peace,
Laurence Sterne,
mind,
nature,
quiet,
quiet mind,
Robert Burton,
silence,
solitude,
stillness
Saturday, September 21, 2024
Spend time alone in nature
An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
- Henry David Thoreau
Let today be a day to spend time alone in nature.
Take a walk as far from the hustle and bustle of society as you can.If you can, walk near trees or water.
There is sanctuary in being alone with nature.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife...
- Thomas Gray
If a person walks in the woods and listens carefully,
he can learn more than what is in books,
for they speak with the voice of God.
- George Washington Carver
Further reading: Ten Little Tips to Feel Happier Right Now
Friday, September 20, 2024
In Silence, You Understand Yourself and the Universe.
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
In Silence, You Understand Yourself and the Universe.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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
Today's affirmation:
I am a Unique Expression
of the Universal Fabric of Creation.
I celebrate both my uniqueness
and my connection with all that is.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Stillness of the Mind
Have a Conversation with God, Today
Quiet Time
Breath by Breath
Labels:
Alan Watts,
calm,
God,
Johannes Tauler,
meditation,
Mother Teresa,
nature,
oneness,
quiet,
silence,
solitude,
stillness,
Tanya Guerrier,
Unity,
Washington Irving,
Zen
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Be Patient and Courteous
If you are patient in one moment of anger,
you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
- Chinese Proverb
When restraint and courtesy are added to strength,
the latter becomes irresistible.- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
When angry, count to ten before you speak.
If very angry, count to one hundred.
- Thomas Jefferson
Don't Criticize, Condemn, Or Complain.
- Dale Carnegie
It takes years to build up trust,
and only seconds to destroy it.
- Anonymous
Further reading: Speak with Kindness
Listen, Really Listen
Be Kind
The Golden Rule
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
God is Within
To be at one with God is to be at peace...
peace is to be found only within,
and unless one finds it there
he will never find it at all.
Peace lies not in the external world.
It lies within one's own soul.
- Ralph W. Trine
You are within God.
God is within you.
- Peace Pilgrim
The highest God and the innermost God is one God.
- Ernest Holmes
When you have shut your doors, and darkened your room,
remember, never to say that you are alone,
for you are not alone, but God is within.
- Epictetus
You don't look out there for God, something in the sky,
you look in you.
- Alan Watts
Further reading: Become Love
Good Works
Quiet Time
Be an Open Channel
Labels:
Alan Watts,
Epictetus,
Ernest Holmes,
God,
inner peace,
peace,
Peace Pilgrim,
Ralph W Trine,
silence,
solitude,
within
Friday, February 16, 2024
Take a quiet moment for yourself
Pause to smell the roses, to breathe, to take a quiet moment for yourself.
Let today be a day to remember that you get to CHOOSE how you spend your time.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The quieter you become,
the more you can hear.
- Ram Dass
Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.
- Native American Proverb
There is more to life than increasing its speed.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Spend time every day listening to what your muse is trying to tell you.
- Saint Bartholomew
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
Create Some Quiet Time Today.
Further reading: God is Found in Silence
The Beat of the Universe
The Quiet Voice of Courage
Your Intuition is Your Guide
Quiet Time
Thursday, November 16, 2023
Time Spent Alone in Stillness is Golden
Spend some time alone every day.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy
is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet,
alone with the heavens, nature and God.
Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.
- Anne Frank
A quiet mind cures all.
- Robert Burton
In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.
- Laurence Sterne
Affirmation: Today, I Will Spend Time Alone and In Silence.
Further reading: Solitude is a Cure
Choose Inner Peace and a Less Stressful Life
Be an Open Channel
Let me bring peace
The Beat of the Universe
Labels:
Anne Frank,
Dalai Lama,
God,
inner peace,
Laurence Sterne,
mind,
nature,
quiet,
quiet mind,
Robert Burton,
silence,
solitude,
stillness
Thursday, September 21, 2023
There is Sanctuary in Being Alone with Nature
An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
- Henry David Thoreau
Let today be a day to spend time alone in nature.
Take a walk as far from the hustle and bustle of society as you can.If you can, walk near trees or water.
There is sanctuary in being alone with nature.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife...
- Thomas Gray
If a person walks in the woods and listens carefully,
he can learn more than what is in books,
for they speak with the voice of God.
- George Washington Carver
Further reading: Ten Little Tips to Feel Happier Right Now
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Understand that You are Connected with Everything
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
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
In Silence, You Understand Yourself and the Universe.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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
Today's affirmation:
I am a Unique Expression
of the Universal Fabric of Creation.
I celebrate both my uniqueness
and my connection with all that is.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
you'll come to understand that you're connected with everything.
- Alan Watts
Today's affirmation:
I am a Unique Expression
of the Universal Fabric of Creation.
I celebrate both my uniqueness
and my connection with all that is.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Stillness of the Mind
Breath by Breath
Labels:
Alan Watts,
calm,
God,
Johannes Tauler,
meditation,
Mother Teresa,
nature,
oneness,
quiet,
silence,
solitude,
stillness,
Tanya Guerrier,
Unity,
Washington Irving,
Zen
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Patience and Restraint
If you are patient in one moment of anger,
you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
- Chinese Proverb
When restraint and courtesy are added to strength,
the latter becomes irresistible.- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
When angry, count to ten before you speak.
If very angry, count to one hundred.
- Thomas Jefferson
Don't Criticize, Condemn, Or Complain.
- Dale Carnegie
It takes years to build up trust,
and only seconds to destroy it.
- Anonymous
Further reading: Speak with Kindness
Listen, Really Listen
Be Kind
The Golden Rule
Saturday, April 29, 2023
Be at One with God
To be at one with God is to be at peace...
peace is to be found only within,
and unless one finds it there
he will never find it at all.
Peace lies not in the external world.
It lies within one's own soul.
- Ralph W. Trine
You are within God.
God is within you.
- Peace Pilgrim
The highest God and the innermost God is one God.
- Ernest Holmes
When you have shut your doors, and darkened your room,
remember, never to say that you are alone,
for you are not alone, but God is within.
- Epictetus
You don't look out there for God, something in the sky,
you look in you.
- Alan Watts
Further reading: Become Love
Good Works
Quiet Time
Be an Open Channel
Labels:
Alan Watts,
Epictetus,
Ernest Holmes,
God,
inner peace,
peace,
Peace Pilgrim,
Ralph W Trine,
silence,
solitude,
within
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