Silence Quotes

It takes solitude under the stars, for us to be reminded of our eternal origin and our far destiny.

There are always some areas world history does not reach, zones of silence and undisturbed ignorance.

Seek the truth, not what is comfortable. Seek the real, not the easy.

A season of silence is the best preparation for speech with God.

In the silence of LOVE you will find the Spark of LIFE.

In silence more work can be done. The true experience of bliss is without words.

A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing.

Let silence be your general rule; or say only what is necessary and in few words.

If we look at the world around us, we see that we are conditioned to not listen deeply. Because isn't that what silence is? It's a listening, a deep wordless listening.

Pay more attention to the silence than to the sounds. Paying attention to outer silence creates inner silence: the mind becomes still. A portal is opening up.

In the silence of the Cross, the uproar of weapons ceases and the language of reconciliation, forgiveness, dialogue and peace is spoken.

Silence, beautiful voice.

Silence is complicity. Speak now or surrender your ground.

Silence does good to the soul.

We must experience the Truth in a direct, practical and real way; this is only possible in the stillness and silence of the mind, and this is achieved by means of meditation.

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

I saw old Autumn in the misty morn stand shadowless like silence, listening to silence.

Never say anything that doesn't improve on silence.

On the fifth day, which was a Sunday, it rained very hard. I like it when it rains hard. It sounds like white noise everywhere, which is like silence but not empty.

Against the State, against the Church, against the silence of the medical profession, against the whole machinery of dead institutions of the past, the woman of today arises.

The primary virtue is: hold your tongue; who knows how to keep quiet is close to God.

Anger is the noise of the soul; the unseen irritant of the heart; the relentless invader of silence.

Great souls endure in silence.

Unless we regain the art of silence and insight, the ability for nonactivity, unless we substitute true leisure for our hectic amusements, we will destroy our culture and ourselves.

Silence is no certain token that no secret grief is there; Sorrow which is never spoken is the heaviest load to bear.

They criticize the silent ones. They criticize the talkative ones. They criticize the moderate ones. There is no one in the world who escapes criticism.

Silence in the face of injustice is complicity with the opressor.

Once you permit those who are convinced of their own superior rightness to censor and silence and suppress those who hold contrary opinions, just at that moment the citadel has been surrendered.

Sometimes silence can seem so loud.

Once you've learned to think you can't stop. And an enormous number of people devote their lives to keeping their minds busy and feel extremely uncomfortable with silence.

Poetic knowledge is born in the great silence of scientific knowledge.

It's not sincereity, it is truth which frees us, because it transforms us. It tears us away from our inmost slavery.

There's been an awful lot of silence in make culture about this ongoing tragedy of men's violence against women and children... we need to break that silence, and we need more men to do that.

As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment.

I was trying to unravel the complicated trigonometry of the radical thought that silence could make up the greatest lie ever told.

Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.

When you come, please be so kind as to check your neuroses and psychoses at the gate... Fans and other obnoxious pests would do well to maintain silence.

Purpose of words is to create silence. Purpose of action is to bring deep rest. Purpose of deep rest is to bring you fulfillment. In fulfillment you find joy, bliss

The language of silence is the language of God, the language of silence is the language of the heart.

"The sounds of people drowning are something that I can not describe to you, and neither can anyone else. It's the most dreadful sound and there is a terrible silence that follows it."

‎Not having time for a person, not being able to sit in silence together with somebody, that's the same as rejecting them, as being scornful about them.

I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.

God is silent. Everything comes out of silence.

When you meditate, the silence of the senses illumines the presence of God within.

A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard... Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides.

Being a lady does not require silence.

God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer.

The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.

In the silence of listening, you can know yourself in everyone, the unseen singing softly to itself and to you.

There is no need to go to India or anywhere else to find peace. You will find that deep place of silence right in your room, your garden or even your bathtub.