Quotes about Quiet Introspection
I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark.
— Henry David Thoreau
It's a good feeling to not tell people what's going on.
— Ezra Furman
Don't be overheard complaining ... not even to yourself.
— Marcus Aurelius
Just because there's a silence doesn't mean that nothing is going on.
— Margaret Atwood
You unconscious can't work when youare breathing down it's neck. You'll sit there going, Are you done in there yet? Are you done in there yet?. But it is trying to tell you nicely, Shut up and go away.
— Anne Lamott
This was a very typical time. I was single. All you needed was a cup of tea, a light, and your stereo, you know, and that's what I had.
— Steve Jobs
We need long train journeys on which we have no wireless signal.
— Alain de Botton
When I am constantly running there is no time for being. When there is no time for being there is no time for listening.
— Madeleine L'Engle
I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when nobody calls.
— Henry David Thoreau
He prays best who does not know that he is praying.
— St. Anthony of Padua
Somewhere we know that without silence, words lose their meaning.
— Henri Nouwen
It's no company at all, when people know nothing and say nothing,' she muttered.
— Emily Bronte