Silence Quotes

The beginning of prayer is silence. If we really want to pray we must first learn to listen, for in the silence of the heart God speaks. And to be able to see that silence, to be able to hear God we need a clean heart; for a clean heart can see God, can hear God, can listen to God; and then only from the fullness of our heart can we speak to God. But we cannot speak unless we have listened, unless we have made that connection with God in the silence of our heart.

It's not the violence of the few that scares me, it's the silence of the many

Dare to declare who you are. It is not far from the shores of silence to the boundaries of speech. The path is not long, but the way is deep. You must not only walk there, you must be prepared to leap.

What is it that stands higher than words? Action. What is it that stands higher than action? Silence.

When you are in hard labor, remember that the length of labor is usually proportional to the number of people around. Avoid the presence of anybody who might release adrenaline. The best situation I know for an easy birth is when there is nobody else around than an experienced, motherly and silent midwife who does not behave like a guide or an observer.

Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.

Preach the Truth as if you had a million voices. It is silence that kills the world.

There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence.

Silence in the face of evil is evil itself.

Speak only if it improves upon the silence.

A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.

I found I had less and less to say, until finally, I became silent, and began to listen. I discovered in the silence, the voice of God

Prayer begins by talking to God, but it ends by listening to Him. In the face of Absolute Truth, silence is the soul's language.

When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence.

Most of the problems of the world stems from linguistic mistakes and simple misunderstandings. Don’t ever take words at face value. When you step into the zone of love, language as we know it becomes obsolete. That which cannot be put into words can only be grasped through silence.

Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.

Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.

We've had enough of exhortations to be silent! Cry out with a hundred thousand tongues. I see that the world is rotten because of silence.

Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation.

If we really want to pray we must first learn to listen, for in the silence of the heart God speaks.

Silence is God's first language.

I agree with Dante, that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain their neutrality. There comes a time when silence becomes betrayal.

Silence is very important. The silence between the notes are as important as the notes themselves.

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.

Just sitting in silence is one of the best things a man can do.