Be Silent Quotes
In the awakened state, the mind is either perfectly silent or it is a perfectly clear instrument of expression.
As important as shared memories is the silent agreement that certain things never happened.
Here a pretty Baby lies Sung asleep with Lullabies: Pray be silent, and not stirre The easie earth that covers her.
Those dreams that on the silent night intrude, and with false flitting shapes our minds delude ... are mere productions of the brain. And fools consult interpreters in vain.
Allow regular time for silent reflection. Turn inward and digest what has happened. Let the senses rest and grow still.
Austere perseverance, hash and continuous... rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistible greater with time.
So long as you live and work, you will be misunderstood; to that you must resign yourself once and for all. Be silent!
He knows not how to speak who cannot be silent; still less how to act with vigour and decision. - Who hastens to the end is silent: loudness is impotence.
Love is not of the mind, it is not in the net of thought, it cannot be sought out, cultivated, cherished; it is there when the mind is silent and the heart is empty of the things of the mind.
Sit quietly and listen for a voice that will say, "Be more silent." As that happens, your soul starts to revive.
Longing desire prayeth always, though the tongue be silent. If thou art ever longing, thou art ever praying.
Of all the cankers of human happiness none corrodes with so silent, yet so baneful an influence, as indolence.
One of the greatest sounds of them all-and to me it is a sound-is utter, complete silence.
Out of the bosom of the Air, Out of the cloud-folds of her garments shaken, Over the woodlands brown and bare, Over the harvest-fields forsaken, Silent, and soft, and slow Descends the snow.
Gardening gave me a way to work with silence; not "in silence" but "with silence" - it was a silent creativity.
I shall have peace, as leafy trees are peaceful when rain bends down the bough; And I shall be more silent and cold hearted than you are now.
The laws will not be silent in time of war but they'll speak with a somewhat different voice.
The deepest life of nature is silent and obscure; so often the elements that move and mould society are the results of the sister's counsel and the mother's prayer.
When you see a silent movie, you understand everything that's going on from the images because the images are so strong.
The Lord of Learning who upraised mankind from being silent brutes to singing men.
Finally all that is trustworthy is this immeasurable silent awareness that is the truth of who you are, that is love.
There is a master way with words that cannot be learned but instead developed: a deaf man develops exceptional vision, a blind man exceptional hearing, a silent man, when given a piece of paper.
We are silent at the beginning of the day because God should have the first word, and we are silent before going to sleep because the last word also belongs to God.
"Don't be afraid to make corrections," Picchu said. "Don't be afraid to lend a hand." She fell silent, seeming to think for a moment. "And don't look down."
We need to ditch the idea that there is any value in the strong and silent man being in any way attractive. Being silent isn't being strong, it's being a victim.
Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed.
It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of silent, thoughtful schoolchildren.
Let your beauty manifest itself without talking and calculation. You are silent. It says for you: I am. And comes in meaning thousandfold, comes at long last over everyone.
Cats are distant, discreet, impeccably clean and able to stay silent. What more could be needed to be good company?
Most men remember obligations, but not often to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent.
If the audience doesn't like it, usually they're just silent. But they've never all walked out at once.
Unity, agreement, is always silent or soft-voiced; it is only discord that loudly proclaims itself.
We hear the rain fall, but not the snow. Bitter grief is loud, calm grief is silent.
When you step into that boat you have made a silent commitment to your team that you will do everything in your power to help them win.
I guess George Clooney would be a wonderful silent actor, and Leonardo DiCaprio is such a wonderful actor he certainly could do it.
I have made a silent compact with myself not to change a line of what I write. I am not interested in perfecting my thoughts, nor my actions.
When I think of God's Kingdom, I am compelled to be silent because of its immensity, because God's Kingdom is none other than God himself with all His riches.
If we are in silence - in absolute silence with no thoughts - for 10 minutes, it's only a thought that tells us we were silent for 10 minutes. Our only proof is a thought.
We do not stray out of all words into the ever silent; We do not raise our hands to the void for things beyond hope.
And they three passed over the white sands, between the rocks, silent as the shadows.
No more turning a blind eye to Chinese spies in our nuclear labs. No more keeping silent about Chinese slave labor camps.