In today’s world, it seems like we are constantly on the go. We are always checking our phones, working on deadlines, and trying to squeeze in as much as possible. It can be hard to find time for stillness and reflection. But if we don’t take a moment to breathe, we might miss what is truly important. Here are some of our favorite quotes about stillness to inspire you to find peace in the chaos.

The best stillness quotes

1. Stillness, insight, and wisdom arise only when we can settle into being complete in this moment, without having to seek or hold on to or reject anything.–Jon Kabat — Zinn

2. Running, you should know, is a kind of stillness. — Tiphanie Yanique, How to Escape from a Leper Colony

3. As I lay on my back in bed staring up at the blank, white ceiling the stillness seemed to grow bigger and bigger until I felt my eardrums would burst with it. — Sylvia Plath

4. The girl was a gypsy before an illness took control of her legs, now she watches in awe the world pass by whilst stillness teaches her about inner strength. — Nikki Rowe

5. As I lay on my back in bed staring up at the blank, white ceiling the stillness seemed to grow bigger and bigger until I felt my eardrums would burst with it. — Sylvia Plath

6. When something is moving you get that intake of breath and that stillness from the audience. — Theodore Bikel

7. It’s what I learn from the great actors that I work with. Stillness. That’s all and that’s the hardest thing. — Morgan Freeman

8. I feel that art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos. — Saul Bellow

9. If you do darshan (worship) of the one who has both stillness in his eyes and chit prasannta (blissful state of chit) — you gain benefit.

10. It’s what I learn from the great actors that I work with. Stillness. That’s all and that’s the hardest thing. — Morgan Freeman

11. In the stillness of the mind I saw myself as I am–unbound. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

12. In the days that follow, it’s movement, not stillness, that helps to keep the grief at bay. — Veronica Roth

13. My bones hold a stillness, the far Fields melt my heart. — Sylvia Plath

14. When something is moving you get that intake of breath and that stillness from the audience. — Theodore Bikel

15. In the stillness, our eyes do all the silent talking. Our chests move with heavy breathing and desire pours out through our pores. It’s unmistakable. — Yara Greathouse, Dismantled

16. My bones hold a stillness, the far Fields melt my heart. — Sylvia Plath

17. Enjoy the stillness, sweet snail! Savor the spring breeze while it still means something! Soon enough, like summer tempests your tears will come! — Walt Holcombe, Things Just Get Away from You

18. Never mind the stillness–the deep sleeps to — Nâzım Hikmet, Poems of Nazım Hikmet

19. There was a sudden stillness like the gap between ticks on a clock, but the next tick never coming. — Sadie Jones, The Outcast

20. In order to understand the dance one must be still. And in order to truly understand stillness one must dance. — Rumi

21. The girl was a gypsy before an illness took control of her legs, now she watches in awe the world pass by whilst stillness teaches her about inner strength. — Nikki Rowe

22. In the mountaIn, stillness surges up to explore its own height In the lake, movement stands still to contemplate its own depth. — Rabindranath Tagore

23. Among my stillness was a pounding heart. — Shannon A. Thompson, Seconds Before Sunrise

24. There’s a point when your tape of life runs off the reel and there’s this stillness of your own–I got to know myself. — Melissa Etheridge

25. There was a sudden stillness like the gap between ticks on a clock, but the next tick never coming. — Sadie Jones, The Outcast

26. I feel that art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos. — Saul Bellow

27. Stillness offers an experience of being and a recognition that being . . . my essence . . . is a part of all Being, all Essence. — Nancy J. Napier

28. I feel that art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos. — Saul Bellow

29. Non–action is unceasing activity. The sage is characterized by eternal and intense activity. His stillness is like the apparent stillness of a fast rotating gyroscope. — Ramana Maharshi

30. When something is moving you get that intake of breath and that stillness from the audience. — Theodore Bikel

31. Running, you should know, is a kind of stillness. — Tiphanie Yanique, How to Escape from a Leper Colony

32. Nothing in all creation is so like God as stillness. — Meister Eckhart

33. As I lay on my back in bed staring up at the blank, white ceiling the stillness seemed to grow bigger and bigger until I felt my eardrums would burst with it. — Sylvia Plath

34. At the MoorWanderer in the black wind — quietly the dry reeds whisperIn the stillness of the moor. In the gray skyA flock of wild birds follows

35. Running, you should know, is a kind of stillness. — Tiphanie Yanique, How to Escape from a Leper Colony

36. When you enter a place of stillness, you awaken the divinity within you. — Peggy Sealfon, Escape from Anxiety: Supercharge Your Life with Powerful Strategies from A to Z

37. Take the time to celebrate stillness and silence and see the joy that the world can bring, simply. — Tony Curl, Seriously Simple Stuff to Get You Unstuck

38. Silence will speakIf given an ear — Stillness is the movementOf our atmosphere

39. Music is the noise that surrounds the stillness of the art form. — Russell Simmons

40. The drowsy stillness of the afternoon was shattered by what sounded to his strained senses like G.K. Chesterton falling on a sheet of tin. — P.G. Wodehouse

41. Take the time to celebrate stillness and silence and see the joy that the world can bring, simply. — Tony Curl, Seriously Simple Stuff to Get You Unstuck

42. Music is the noise that surrounds the stillness of the art form. — Russell Simmons

43. Enjoy the stillness, sweet snail! Savor the spring breeze while it still means something! Soon enough, like summer tempests your tears will come! — Walt Holcombe, Things Just Get Away from You

44. Stillness was most natural. To go on scrabbling and running and grasping after some kind of life was aberration — stillness was lasting.

45. We meditate so we can see miracles unfolding. Without stillness life is a blur. — Russell Simmons

46. Nothing but stillness can remain when hearts are full Of their own sweetness, bodies of their loveliness. — William Butler Yeats

47. Stillness was most natural. To go on scrabbling and running and grasping after some kind of life was aberration — stillness was lasting.

48. In the stillness of the mind I saw myself as I am–unbound. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

49. So I wonder what it is this need to tell.To animate somehow the deathly stillness of the profoundest beauty. Breathe life in the telling. — Peter Heller, The Dog Stars

50. Even when in the midst of disturbance, the stillness of the mind can offer sanctuary. — Stephen Richards

Conclusion

We hope that these quotes about stillness have inspired you to take some time for yourself and find the peace and calm within. Stillness can be a great way to recharge and feel more connected to yourself and the world around you. So, take a few moments for yourself to simply be still and listen to what your heart and soul have to say.