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Seek stillness and take the time and space to grow into your own dreams and goals.

(Buddha)

With all the hustle and bustle that I encounter every day, I always have the opportunity to withdraw into my innermost being, into silence. After all, I am the ruler of my thoughts.

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I regularly seek silence to reground and reorient myself.

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People seek solitude in the countryside, on the seashore, in the mountains. But how limited a view this desire springs from! You can withdraw into yourself as often as you like. There is nowhere a more silent and undisturbed refuge than the human soul.

(Marc Aurel)

The greatest revelation is silence.

(Lao Tzu)

The quieter you are, the more you can hear.

(From China)

There is no silence on the mountain tops, no noise in the city markets; both are in the hearts of men.

(From India)

Like the starry sky, I am still and moved.

(Friedrich Holderlin)

Sit still
Do nothing
Spring is coming
The grass grows

(From Zen Buddhism)

They came to a round hole in the sky glowing like fire. That, said the raven, is a star.

(Eskimo creation myth)

If you take the time to listen to the silence, you will make many discoveries.

(Unknown)

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We had the sky up there, littered with stars, and often lay down on our backs and looked up at them and talked about whether they were created or just there by chance.

(Mark Twain)

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