Rumi
Poet, Philosopher
"In order to understand the dance one must be still. And in order to truly understand stillness one must dance."
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Stillness
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Paramahansa Yogananda
Spiritual Teacher, Author
"Stillness is the altar of spirit."
Eckhart Tolle
Spiritual Teacher, Author
"Allow nature to teach you stillness."
Meister Eckhart
Theologian, Philosopher
"Nothing in all creation is so like God as stillness."
Laozi
Philosopher
"The greatest revelation is stillness."
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"It's what I learn from the great actors that I work with. Stillness. That's all and that's the hardest thing."
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"Spirit is the vast stillness which is behind all created things."
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"With stillness comes the benediction of Peace."
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"Stillness is your essential nature."
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"Seek out a tree and let it teach you stillness."
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"True power is stillness within motion."
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"I am a restlessness inside a stillness inside a restlessness."
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"Stillness is easy to maintain."
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"In the stillness, a fly would not have dared clear it's throat."
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"Stillness is training for action."
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"I went to Jamaica for six months, and in Jamaica there was a lot of stillness."
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