Silence Quotes - Page 43

Keeping quiet means being without any techniques, effort or intention to meditate... not following the thought stream.

Darkness is to space what silence is to sound, i.e., the interval.

If you can't imagine it, think clumsy silence. Think bits and pieces of floating despair. And drowning in a train.

I do not believe that there was ever a question of being abstract or representational. It is really a matter of ending this silence and solitude, of breathing, and stretching one's arms again transcendental experiences became possible.

Silence is the Sabbath of the soul. Therein we rest, and therein we hear everything.

You burn the paper, but not the words. You silence the words, but not the thoughts. You kill the thoughts only if you kill the man. And you will find that his thoughts rise again in the minds of others - twice as strong as before.

Silence And a deeper silence When the crickets Hesitate

On a lone winter evening, when the frost Has wrought a silence.

Who, in the midst of just provocation to anger, instantly finds the fit word which settles all around him in silence is more than wise or just; he is, were he a beggar, of more than royal blood, he is of celestial descent.

Stress is not caused by your busy life or challenging circumstances, it's simply the result of an imbalance between silence and activity.

People who make no noise are dangerous.

Children say they are unhappy in every language they have. They say it in silence, and they say it in riots.

Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.

Silence is a great peacemaker.

Somewhere we know that without silence, words lose their meaning.

They pondered the importance of coffee in silence.

A pine tree standeth lonely In the North on an upland bare; It standeth whitely shrouded With snow, and sleepeth there. It dreameth of a Palm tree Which far in the East alone, In the mournful silence standeth On its ridge of burning stone.

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.

Individuals bearing witness cannot do the work of social movements, but they can break a corrosive and demoralizing silence.

The silence of prayer is the silence of listening.

somewhere i have never traveled, gladly beyond any experience, your eyes have their silence; in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me, or which i cannot touch because they are too near

We have all probably noted those sudden moments of quiet - those strange and almost miraculous moments in the life of a big city when there is a cessation of traffic noise - just an instant when there is only the sound of footsteps which serves to emphasize a sudden peace. During those seconds it is possible to notice the sunlight, to notice our fellow humans, to take breath.

Technology has altered the way music sounds, how it’s composed and how we experience it. It has also flooded the world with music. The world is awash with (mostly) recorded sounds. We used to have to pay for music or make it ourselves; playing, hearing and experiencing it was exceptional, a rare and special experience. Now hearing it is ubiquitous, and silence is the rarity that we pay for and savor.

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.

Money buys everything except love, personality, freedom, immortality, silence, peace.