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“It is winter time, my friend; buy couple of breads; find a place calm and quiet and feed the birds; and for this action of yours, ask no more reward than their cheerful singings!”

Action Asks Couple Quiet Singing Bird My Friends Rewards Winter Calm Bread Cheerful Winter Time

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“In order to settle down in the quiet of our own being we must learn to be detached from the results of our own activity. We must be content to live without watching ourselves live, to work with expecting immediate reward, to love without an instant satisfaction, and to exist without any special recognition. It is only when we are detached from ourselves that we can be at peace with ourselves.”

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Author:Thomas Merton

“Perhaps we should stop talking about being faithful to have a quiet time with God each day, as if we were doing something to earn a reward. It would be better to talk about the privilege of spending time with the God of the universe and the importance for our own sake of being consistent in that practice.”

Source: Transforming Grace: Living Confidently in God's Unfailing Love

“She refused to think of Neil, brave and quiet, whose reward for a heroic rescue was to be slowly devoured by strange cave balloons.”

Thinking Strange Quiet Brave Rewards Heroic Rescue Caves Balloons

Book:Grip of the Shadow Plague

Source: Grip of the Shadow Plague

“You tell yourself that noise is what defines silence. Without noise, silence would not be golden. Noise is the exception. Think of deep outer space, the incredible cold and quiet where your wife and kid wait. Silence, not heaven, would be reward enough.”

Thinking Enough Would Be Kids Heaven Waiting Space Silence Wife Cold Quiet Rewards Incredibles Noise Golden Exception Outer Space

Author:Chuck Palahniuk

“Truth is not a reward for good behaviour, nor a prize for passing some tests. It cannot be brought about. It is the primary, the unborn, the ancient source of all that is. You are eligible because you are. You need not merit truth. It is your own....Stand still, be quiet.”

Needs Stills Meditation Source Truth Is Quiet Tests Rewards Ancient Passing Passings Primaries Merit Prize Behaviour Unborn

Author:Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“Society is capricious and rewards the bad as often as the good. But it never rewards the quiet.”

Quiet Rewards Capricious

Author:Julia Quinn