“Although we are necessarily concerned, in a chronicle of events, with physical action by the light of day, history suggests that the human spirit wanders farthest in the silent hours between midnight and dawn. Those dark fruitful hours, seldom recorded, whose secret flowerings breed peace and war, loves and hates, the crowning or uncrowning of heads.” HumansWarLightActionSpiritHateHoursDarkSecretEventsConcernedSilentWanderDawnMidnightHuman SpiritLove And HateFloweringChroniclesWar Love Book:Picnic at Hanging Rock Source: Picnic at Hanging Rock
“Christmas is ... a time to mark our progress through this earthly journey. Every December we can look back and marvel at the designs of God and realize how very little we are in control of the events that shaped the past year. Then, with hearts full, look to the celebration of that silent, holy night, and all its certainty. Because of Christmas, this we know: Christ was born for us. He is love, and the plans he has for us always surpass those of our own.” KnowsYearsLooksHeartLittlesPastNightChristRealizingBornProgressPlansJourneyEventsDesignHolyMarkSilentChristmasCertaintyCelebrationDecemberHoly Night Author:Karen Kingsbury
“How we delight to build our recollections upon some basis of reality,--a place, a country, a local habitation! how the events of life, as we look back upon them, have grown into the well-remembered background of the places where they fell upon us! Here is some sunny garden or summer lane, beautified and canonized forever, with the flood of a great joy; and here are dim and silent places,--rooms always shadowed and dark to us, whatever they may be to others,--where distress or death came once, and since then dwells forevermore.” WellsLooksMayCountryRealityJoyDarkRoomsForeverEventsSummerGardenBasesSilentDelightBackgroundsLocalsRememberedAssociationFloodDistressSunnyLanesRecollectionGreat Joy Author:Washington Irving
“Take refuge in silence. You can be here or there or anywhere. Fixed in silence, established in the inner 'I', you can be as you are. The world will never perturb you if you are well founded upon the tranquility within. Gather your thoughts within. Find out the thought centre and discover your Self-equipoise. In storm and turmoil be calm and silent. Watch the events around as a witness. The world is a drama. Be a witness, inturned and introspective.” IfsWorldWellsSelfSilenceWatchesEventsDramaSilentCalmStormWitnessFixedOver YouRefugeCentreTranquilityTurmoilIntrospective Author:Ramana Maharshi
“[A distressing event] came like a door banging on to a silent room.” RoomsDoorsEventsSilentBangingDistressing Author:Hugh Walpole
“This [9/11 event] was bloody-minded destruction for no other reason than to do it. Note that there was no claim for these attacks. There were no demands. There were no statements. It was a silent piece of terror. This was part of nothing.” ReasonPiecesEventsDemandDestructionClaimsNotesSilentTerrorStatementsBloody Author:Edward Said
“Become aware of the silent witness that is observing the unfolding of all the external events of your life. This eternal presence is your true Self.” SelfEventsEternalSilentWitnessTrue SelfObservingUnfolding Author:Deepak Chopra