Silence Quotes - Page 59

An horrible stillness first invades our ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear.

New-Year's Day arriving, and the ministers, to whom I wrote, remaining silent, I consider their silence as evidence, that they cannot prove what I said not to be from the Lord, and have therefore published as I was directed.

If we try to listen we find it extraordinarily difficult, because we are always projecting our opinions and ideas, our prejudices, our background, our inclinations, our impulses; when they dominate, we hardly listen at all to what is being said...One listens and therefore learns, only in a state of silence, in which this whole background is in abeyance, is quite; then, it seems to me, it is possible to communicate

After speech, silence is the greatest power in the world.

Silence moves faster when it's going backward.

A sound so fine, there 's nothing lives 'Twixt it and silence.

and silence is the golden mountain

There's something about looking at Super 8 films that is so evocative. You could argue it's the resolution of the film somehow because they aren't crystal clear and perfect,so there is a kind of gauzy layer between you and what you see. You could argue it's the silence of them. You could say it's the sound of the projector that creates a moodiness. But there's something about looking at analog movies that's infinitely more powerful than digital.

I have always longed to be part of the outward life, to be out there at the edge of things, to let the human taint wash away in emptiness and silence as the fox sloughs his smell into the cold unworldliness of water; to return to town a stranger. Wandering flushes a glory that fades with arrival.

Speech is the organ of this present world. Silence is the mystery of the world to come.

It was still quiet in the house, and not a sound was heard from outside, either. Were it not for this silence, my reverie would probably have been disrupted by reminders of daily duties, of getting up and going to school.

The surest pledge of a deathless name Is the silent homage of thoughts unspoken.

My feelings for you shame me into silence.

Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety as after disappointment

It is to this silence [contemplative prayer] that we all are called.

Never be bullied into silence.

I've had every advantage in the world, despite the 18 years of silence which were nobody's fault but mine.

Speech is often barren; but silence also does not necessarily brood over a full nest.

You throw thorns, falling in my silence they become flowers.

The true call of the desert, of the mountains, or the sea, is their silence - free of the networks of dead speech.

There is a divine depth in silence. We meet God alone.

If thou desire to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue.

It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.

We're all like the little sailor. From the harbors we hear the strains of accordions and the murky soapy noises of the docks, from the mountains we receive the dish of silence that the shepherds eat, but we don't hear more than our own distances. And what distances without end and without doors and without mountains!

Your very silence shows you agree.