Peace is a high attainment

In all departments of life, it is the quiet forces which are most influential.

The sunbeams fall all day long, silently, unheard by human ear; yet there is in them a wondrous energy and a great power for blessing and good.

Gravitation is a silent force, with no rattle of machinery, no noise of engines, no clanking of chains — and yet it holds all the stars and worlds in their orbits, and swings them through space with unvarying precision.

The dew falls silently at night when men sleep, and yet it touches every plant and leaf and flower with new life and beauty.

Thus even in nature, strength lies in quietness, and the mightiest energies work noiselessly.

Restlessness is not spiritually beautiful. Peace is a high attainment .

Thus quietness indicates a rich Christian maturity. It is not easily reached.

It is easier to be in the midst of the active duties and struggles of spiritual life, than it is to be compelled to wait and be still. Waiting is harder than working.

For many people it requires more strength to work quietly, than it does to bluster.

It is only the great engine which runs noiselessly; the little machine fusses and splutters. Quietness in a man or a woman is a mark of strength.

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