Commotion Quotes

“I was just passing by. Saw the commotion. Figured you were involved.”
― Darynda Jones, Fifth Grave Past the Light

“Knowing, or thinking we know, can lead to many commotions. What we believe, we know, is maybe a mere illusion. Crucial elements might have disappeared from our mind file and lost in the mist of our memory until suddenly, some bells start ringing. These bells may remind us of correcting our knowledge profile and call us to order. ("The past was her best friend")”
― Erik Pevernagie

“However, the serious seeker of detachment will have to embrace the Holy Trinity of Ss - Solitude, Stillness and Silence - and reject the new religion of Commotionism, which believes that the meaning of life is constant company, movement and noise.”
― Michael Foley

“Silence is a space of “becoming,” a span between commotion and interior stillness, a canvas that reveals the outlines of our memories and our inner selves. ("Only silence remained")”
― Erik Pevernagie

“Why after the dust settles, someone has to come by and blow at it, stirring it up into the air again?”
― Anthony Liccione

“The sea, to be happy, like hearts, must be stirred.”
― Will Advise

“no sense getting all pissed, the commotion

of the past is the past”
― Tommye Blount

“Instead of dissipating our life in mere commotion, let us endeavor to recollect it so that our activity may be more profound, more consistent and lasting, and directed to eternity.”
― Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange, Providence: God's loving care for men and the need for confidence in Almighty God