I think of the quietness of Julian's voice as he said I love you, the steadiness of his rib cage rising and falling against my back, as we sleep. I love you, Julian. But the words don't come.
The best tests of my Christian growth occur in the mainstream of life, not in the quietness of my study
Cultivating quietness is a missing discipline today. . . the quietness needed to nurture an inner life hid in Christ.
I dream of an art of balance, of quietness, something analogous to a good armchair.
To the one, a little natural moderation and quietness of temper may be sufficient to conduct us: but to the other, we can only attain by much discipline and slow advances; and when we think we have made great way, we shall often find reason to confess in the hour of trial, that we had greatly, far too greatly, over-rated our progress.
I do oppose My patience to his fury, and am arm'd To suffer, with a quietness of spirit, The very tyranny and rage of his.
In quietness the soul expands.
Only in quietness do we possess our own minds and discover the resources of the Inner Life.
Forbearance is the root of quietness and assurance forever.
