Quotes about Quietness

Oh, if a man were so to regard himself and his position, and attended to its duties alone, how rich in good works would he be in a short time, so quietly and secretly that no one would notice it except God alone!

I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.

But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”

He will not cry out or raise His voice, nor make His voice heard in the streets.

and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.

A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.

No voice, no low, no howl is heard; the chief sound of life here is a hiss.

Shouldn't we be presenting an alternative to the prevailing culture rather than simply mimicking it? What would a church look like that created space for quietness, that bucked the celebrity trend and unplugged from noisy media, that actively resisted our consumer culture? What would worship look like if we directed it more toward God than toward our own amusement?

In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength

To trust God is to trust His timing. To trust God is to trust His way. God loves me too much to answer my prayers at any other time than the right time and in any other way than the right way. In the quietness of all that doesn't feel right, this truth does.

Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God.

Bear patiently your exile and the dryness of your mind. The time will come when I will make you forget these painful moments and you will enjoy inward quietness. I will open the Bible for you and you will be thrilled by your new understanding of my truth.