“[I] could see how nervous everybody was in the beginning and how silent it was when we had trouble with the artificial heart [during the surgery, but later in the operation, when it was working, there were moments] of loud and raucous humor.” HeartMomentsScienceTroubleSilentNervousLoudOperationsArtificialSurgery Author:William DeVries
“How strange it is to be human. For a short moment we are conscious of the glories of life then we become silent again. Perhaps there is more. Look more deeply into the matter.” InspirationalHumansLooksMatterMomentsStrangeBuddhismGloryConsciousSilentReincarnation Author:Frederick Lenz
“When in these fresh mornings I go into my garden before anyone is awake, I go for the time being into perfect happiness. In this hour divinely fresh and still, the fair face of every flower salutes me with a silent joy. . . . All the cares, perplexities, and griefs of existence, all the burdens of life slip from my shoulders and leave me with the heart of a little child that asks nothing beyond the present moment of innocent bliss.” HeartChildrenLittlesStillsMomentsCareFacesJoyAsksHoursPerfectGriefExistenceMorningFlowerFairsGardenSilentBurdenShouldersInnocentBlissAwakePresent MomentSlipsLeaving MeSalutePerplexityPerfect HappinessBurdens Of Life Author:Celia Thaxter
“There are few who would need advisers, if they were only accustomed to appeal to themselves in their calmest, holiest moments. If, when embarrassed with doubt as to any course of action, they would turn aside from the immediate tumult of the world, and from the vain speaking of those who "darken counsel by words without knowledge;" and would then commune with their hearts alone, at night, the heavens their silent counsellors, they would act not always in accordance with the wise men of this world, but with that wisdom which bringeth peace.” IfsMenWorldNeedsHeartMomentsWisdomActionNightTurnsCoursesHeavenDoubtWiseThis WorldSilentAppealsVainEmbarrassedAccustomedAdviserCommunesTumultCounsellors Book:Thoughts in the Cloister and the Crowd Source: Thoughts in the Cloister and the Crowd
“Blessed are they who, in the calm moments of retirement, of worship, of prayer, of silent waiting, have found that to "the weary and heavy laden " Christ can indeed give rest; that compared with the heavy bondage of the world or the exactions of human systems, His yoke indeed is easy, and His burden is light.” WorldGivingHumansMomentsLightFoundEasyWaitingChristPrayerWorshipBlessedSilentCalmBurdenHeavyRetirementWearyBondageYoke Author:Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
“Garrel has succeeded in filming something we have never seen before: the faces of actors in silent films during those moments when the black intertitles, with their paltry, illuminated words, filled the screen.” MomentsFilmFacesActorsBlackFilledSilentScreensSilent Films Author:Serge Daney
“[On the camel:] When it kneels to be laden it always grumbles, growls and shows resentment, but of this the driver takes no notice. He goes on loading up until the moment when the beast suddenly becomes silent; then he knows that the burden is heavy enough, and nothing more is added.” KnowsEnoughMomentsShowsGoes OnSilentBurdenHeavyBeastDriversResentmentCamels Book:The Gobi Desert Source: The Gobi Desert