Silence Quotes - Page 80

Sometimes the silences, the gaps, tell us more than anything else.

If you do not yet know where you fit, I suggest you try seeking it in receptive silence. I used to walk amid the beauties of nature, just receptive and silent, and wonderful insights would come to me.

To silence the Voice of God is damnation in time!

Some prayers are followed by silence because they are wrong, others because they are bigger than we can understand.

And silence, like a poultice, comes To heal the blows of sound.

A moment of silence, please, for the lost art of shutting up.

I'm really starting to learn the value of silence and meditation. I keep my sanity in the middle of a hectic day by taking some me time or sometimes watching a guilty pleasure on TV, doing absolutely nothing, or just hanging out with friends and family. They keep me grounded and centered.

What is it about silence that makes people uneasy?

I love meditating and taking some time for myself when I need it. As moms, it's easy to feel guilty about this sort of thing, but it's necessary. If I'm feeling overwhelmed, I'll walk down the beach or just sit in silence and reflect. Even if it's just 10 minutes, every little bit helps.

Sometimes, to remain silent is to lie, since silence can be interpreted as assent.

Listen to the praises about you in silence; listen to the critics about you even in more silence!

Remember what peace there may be in silence.

The silence in the room had width, height, depth, mass and substance.

I answered my father's demands for sympathy with silence.

A quiet fool can go undiscovered for a long time.

Some day some one will write a book about that frantic search of the creative worker for silence and freedom, not only from interruption but from the fear of interruption.

Listening is more than being quiet. Listening is much more than silence. Listening requires undivided attention. The time to listen is when someone needs to be heard. The time to deal with a person with a problem is when he has the problem. The time to listen is the time when our interest and love are vital to the one who seeks our ear, our heart, our help, and our empathy.

The holy passion of friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends

When we walk in the sun our shadows are like barges of silence.

Now he understood. This was death. Death was a silence that gave back no answer.

The deepest feelings always show itself in silence.

When a woman who has much to say says nothing, her silence can be deafening.

Silence equals nonexistence. If I don't raise my voice, it's like I never existed.

Powerlessness and silence go together.

It was the same way with silence. This was more than silence. A deaf person can feel vibrations. Here there was nothing to feel.