Silence Quotes
Sometimes it's better to just be quiet, to not think of anything at all. Out of silence comes the greatest creativity.
One of my sensory problems was hearing sensitivity, where certain loud noises, such as a school bell, hurt my ears. It sounded like a dentist drill going through my ears.
Where shall the word be found, where will the word / Resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
It is wise to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well.
I have learned that God’s silence to my questions is not a door slammed in my face. I may not have the answers—but I do have him.
Restrain yourself... and gloat in silence. I'll have no jubilation here. It is an impious thing to exult over the slain.
Three silences there are: the first of speech, the second of desire, the third of thought.
If you do not know his language, you will never understand a foreigner's silence.
You say, "But He has not answered." He has, He is so near to you that His silence is the answer. His silence is big with terrific meaning that you cannot understand yet, but presently you will.
Talk uses up ideas. Once I have spoken them aloud, they are lost to me, dissipated into the noisy air like smoke. Only if I bury them, like bulbs, in the rich soil of silence do they grow.
Even for a moment do not think that you are the body. Give yourself no name, no shape. In the darkness and the silence reality is found.
Only the inner silence is yours. No-one gave it to you. You were born with it and you will die with it. Thoughts have been given to you. You have been conditioned to them.
...the heart has no tears to give,--it drops only blood, bleeding itself away in silence.
He knelt by the bed and bent over her, draining their last moment to its lees; and in the silence there passed between them the word which made all clear.
The silence grew deeper, so deep that if you listened carefully you might very well catch the sound of the earth revolving on its axis.
Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say.
I turn off the radio, listen to the quiet. Which has its own, rich sound. Which I knew, but had forgotten. And it is good to remember.
But with exquisite breathing you smile, with satisfaction of love, And I touch you again as you tick in the silence and settle in sleep.
It is beautiful to talk about beautiful things and even more beautiful to silently gaze at them.
Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
Silence is the sea, and speech is like the river. The sea is seeking you: don't seek the river. Don't turn your head away from the signs offered by the sea.
The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.
It is the mysterious that I love in painting. It is the stillness and the silence. I want my pictures to take effect very slowly, to obsess and to haunt.
In silence and in meditation on the eternal truths, I hear the voice of God which excites our hearts to greater love.
A wealth you cannot imagine flows through you. Do not consider what strangers say. Be secluded in your secret heart-house, that bowl of silence.
Most people can’t stomach silence; it provides too much opportunity to think about things they prefer to avoid.
Silence is a lie. Silence has a loud voice. It shouts, "Nothing important is happening - don't worry." So when something important IS going on, silence is a lie."
I have a need of silence and of stars. Too much is said too loudly. I am dazed. The silken sound of whirled infinity Is lost in voices shouting to be heard.
When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights.
