Quietude

The barriers between a central business districts for 9 to 5 office workers and residential neighborhoods for domestic quietude are breaking down, and zoning should reflect that.

Below him was another layer of prone men, their panting lapsing over the hours into a terrible quietude.

In a turbulent moment, Thompson’s portraits are notable for their quietude.

For photographers, this could be extremely satisfying, given the aesthetics and quietude of the place.

There are men who intrude upon this quietude, with their lathis and slogans of hate — a pattern that repeats itself whenever a specific community is massacred.

And noise doesn't necessarily equate to sound, the sheer frenzy of things now, with the incessant intrusions of smartphones, even during sex, are expressions of a frantic life that denies us quietude.

Inspired by the quietude, the artist has recalled memories of yore, of landscapes and surroundings guiding her paintings of the ocean and frogs.

All Indian religions assert it to be a state of perfect quietude, freedom, highest happiness along with it being the liberation from samsara, the repeating cycle of birth, life and death.

Dhammapada v. 258 * By quietude alone one does not become a sage (muni) if he is foolish and ignorant.

While a partial distraction is due to outer performances such as repetition of prayers and writing down spiritual things, yet the prevailing state is one of quietude (Autobiography 14.1).