“Deep in the shady sadness of a vale Far sunken from the healthy breath of morn, Far from the fiery noon and eve's one star, Sat gray-haired Saturn, quiet as a stone, Still as the silence round about his lair.” StillsStarsSilenceSadnessHealthyQuietStonesBreathsRoundsSatGrayNoonFieryShadySaturn Author:John Keats
“His are the quiet steeps of dreamland, The waters of no-more-pain; His ram's bell rings 'neath an arch of stars, "Rest, rest, and rest again.” PainStarsWaterQuietRingsBellsArchesRamsDreamlandNo More Pain Book:The Listeners and Other Poems Source: The Listeners and Other Poems
“The wild force of genius has often been fated by Nature to be finally overcome by quiet strength. The volcano sends up its red bolt with terrific force, as if it would strike the stars; but the calm, resistless hand of gravitation seizes it and brings it to the earth.” IfsHandsEarthForceStarsGeniusQuietRedOvercomingCalmStrikesTerrificBoltsVolcanoesGravitationQuiet Strength Author:Peter Bayne
“In truth we are not separate from each other or from the world, from the whole earth, the sun or moon or billions of stars, not separate from the entire universe. Listening silently in quiet wonderment, without knowing anything, there is just one mysteriously palpitating aliveness.” WorldWholeEarthUniverseStarsSunKnowingListeningQuietMoonBillionsJust One Book:The Light of Discovery Source: The Light of Discovery
“I need not shout my faith. Thrice eloquent Are quiet trees and the green listening sod; Hushed are the stars, whose power is never spent; The hills are mute: yet how they speak of God!” NeedsSpeakStarsTreeListeningQuietGreenHillsEloquentMuteThriceSod Author:Charles Hanson Towne
“Ere you lie down to sleep in the night, sit still awhile, and nurse again to life your gentler self. Forget the restless, noisy spirit of the day, and encourage to speech the soft voices within you that timidly whisper of the peace of the quiet night; and occasionally look out at the quiet stars. The night will soothe you like a tender mother, folding you against her soft bosom, and hiding you from the harm of the world.” WorldLooksStillsSelfSpiritLyingMotherNightStarsPeaceVoiceSleepForgetQuietSpeechHarmHidingNurseWithin YouRestlessBosomsYou AgainNoisyFolding Author:Max Ehrmann
“It's like a pulsar inside me. There is this great burst of energy, forcing me to write, and then the star goes quiet for a time, and I think it's gone, but it's gathering energy for another burst. And I seem to be almost unwilling participants in this.” ThinkingWritingSeemsEnergyStarsGoneQuietGatheringUnwillingParticipants Author:Richard Bach
“And so we stayed out in the garden of the old house until we couldn't kick a ball, laughing in the gathering twilight, making the most of the good weather and all the days that were left, our little game watched only by next door's cat, and every star in the heavens.” LittlesNextGamesHouseLeftHeavenStarsLaughingDoorsQuietGardenCatBallsWeatherKicksTwilightGatheringOld HousesGood Weather Author:Tony Parsons