“To be disciplined does not mean being silent, abstaining, or doing only what one thinks one may undertake without risk; it is not the art of eluding responsibility; it means acting in compliance with orders received, and therefore finding in one's own mind, by effort and reflection, the possibility to carry out such orders. It also means finding in one's own will the energy to face the risks involved in execution.” ThinkingMindMayMeanDoeArtFacesOrderEnergyEffortActingResponsibilityRiskPossibilityInvolvedFindingsReflectionSilentExecutionRisk ItComplianceAbstaining Author:Ferdinand Foch
“Allow regular time for silent reflection. Turn inward and digest what has happened. Let the senses rest and grow still.” StillsTurnsGrowsHappenedReflectionSilentSensesInward Book:The Tao of Leadership: Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching Adapted for a New Age Source: The Tao of Leadership: Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching Adapted for a New Age
“People who become great leaders are those who take time to reflect every day on the big questions: Who am I? What is my purpose? Who are my heroes in history, mythology, and religion? What are my unique talents and how do I express them? These are the qualities of silent reflection that make a great leader, like Jesus.” PeopleBigsPurposeJesusQualityLeaderTalentHeroUniqueReflectionSilentMythologyTake TimeGreat LeaderMy HeroBig QuestionsUnique Talents Author:Deepak Chopra
“The intruder hesitated, turned, and anchored itself in the corner, where the ceiling met the wall. It sat there, fastened to the paneling by enormous yellow talons, still and silent like a gargoyle in full sunlight. I took a swig from the bottle and set it so I could still see the creatures reflection. Nude and hairless, it didn't carry a single ounce of fat on its lean frame. Its skin stretched so tight over the cords of muscle, it threatened to snap. Like a thin layer of wax melted over an anatomy model. Your friendly neighbourhood Spiderman.” StillsWallMetsCreaturesModelsReflectionSkinsSilentCornersEnormousFatsSatMusclesFriendlyBottlesYellowLayersSunlightThreatenedCeilingsSnapsAnatomyCordsNeighbourhoodsTalonsIntrudersGargoyles Author:Ilona Andrews
“Human existence cannot be silent, nor can it be nourished by false words, but only by true words, with which people transform the world. To exist, humanly, is to name the world, to change it. Once named, the world in its turn reappears to the namers as a problem and requires of them a new naming. People are not built in silence, but in word, in work, in action-reflection.” PeopleWorldHumansProblemActionValuesTurnsNamesExistenceSilenceMoralReflectionEthicsBuiltSilentHuman ExistenceTrue Words Author:Paulo Freire
“Early in life, when I first saw waterlilies on the ripples of a lake, I didn't think they were flowers which grew from the water, but rather flowers which were mirrored from the shore into the lake. So many flowers grow in the silent waters of our souls, and they unfold their petals over the glaze of our consciousness: they grow from within us, but we think them reflections from the external world.” ThinkingWorldFirstsSoulGrowsWaterConsciousnessSawsFlowerGrewReflectionSilentLakesShoreRipplePetals Author:Lucian Blaga
“How can you expect God to speak in that gentle and inward voice which melts the soul, when you are making so much noise with your rapid reflections? Be silent and God will speak again.” SoulGodSpeakVoicePrayerReflectionSilentGods WillNoiseGentleInwardRapids Author:Francois Fenelon
“I wish for each of you a time, perhaps only an hour, spent in silent meditation and quiet reflection on the wonder and the majesty of this, the Son of God. Our joy at this season is because He came into the world.” WorldJoyWishHoursWonderMeditationSonQuietReflectionSeasonsSilentMajestyQuiet ReflectionSilent Meditation Author:Gordon B. Hinckley