Breathing Space Quotes

“Silence can be breathing space and spawn release and wellness in a time of appalling inflation of words. But silence may be intolerably screaming, if it means absence of communication, deficiency in friendship and emotional deficit. (« A gap of silence”)”
― Erik Pevernagie

“Why some people feel more comfortable in the “margin” of society, may simply be that it imparts them more breathing space, shores up their identity, embodies a gateway to self-determination, and confers them a sense of sovereignty, allowing more time for stressless apprehension and thoughtful reflection. (“If he doesn't play ball » )”
― Erik Pevernagie

“Once the horizon is narrowing and the countdown is ticking hastily, people may bring themselves to tear down the veil of inattention, losing their wintry smile, and come to recognize eventually the radiance and the deliverance of the breathing space that they have been missing for so long. (“Just a bit of a chat, Please”)”
― Erik Pevernagie

“By ring-fencing a time budget for a momentous ‘breathing space’ in the flurry of our life, we may encounter ourselves and take the time to fill the gaps in the framework of our individuality so as to reconcile the qualities of our personality. ( "What after bowling alone?”
― Erik Pevernagie

“Creating a breathing space- away from society's pressures and expectations- is not a sign of weakness or defeat but a recognition of the natural rhythms of life and our need for self-compassion. (“Finally unwind “)”
― Erik Pevernagie

“There should be a little gap between you and your friends, though you'll miss their companionship and you'll also miss their disrespect.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

“Meditation is to understand that one breath, which connects all beings.”
― Amit Ray, Beautify your Breath - Beautify your Life

“It was one of those brief spells of complete happiness that come once in a rare while, an unlooked for gift of God, when the forces of darkness, of sorrow and temptation seem miraculously held back, a breathing space in the battle.”
― Penelope Wilcock, The Hawk and the Dove

“Some see solitude as loneliness. Others see it as a foetal state from which to blunder out into the world. I see it as a breathing space for contemplation and, indeed, breeding space for ideas.”
― Stewart Stafford