O God of wonder and mystery, teach me by means of your wondrous, terrible, loving, all embracing silence.
~ from PRAYERS OF THE HEART by Richard J. Foster
Inwardness and true quietness appear to be but two aspects of the same thing -- of a "truly centered" life. In the innermost religion of life there is a perpetual calm; perturbations and excitements belong to the comparatively superficial part of our own nature. In cleaving to the Center we cannot but be still; to be inwardly still is to be aware of the Center.