Silence Quotes

"Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it."

"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music."

"A busy mind accelerates the passage of subjective time."

"Silence is a true friend who never betrays."

"Silence remains, inescapably, a form of speech."

"Always say less than necessary."

"I want to be quiet, and to be alone. The world is so loud."

"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom."

"The Soul selects her own Society — Then — shuts the Door —"

"Stillness is the key to all that matters."

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

"True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment."

"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone."

"Silence is not the absence of sound, but the presence of a song."

"Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us."

"In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness."

"We can't solve everything with our minds. We need to learn to just be."

"Silence is the only Voice of our God."

"I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude."

"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves."

"Silence is a source of great strength."

"A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free."

"It is the stillest words which bring the storm. Thoughts that come on doves' feet guide the world."

"The fruit of silence is prayer, the fruit of prayer is faith, the fruit of faith is love, the fruit of love is service, the fruit of service is peace."

"Real intelligence operates silently. Stillness is where creativity and solutions to problems are found."

"Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation."

"Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence."

"The silence of the heart is necessary so you can hear God."

"Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul."

"It is not a quiet life that I ask for, but a quiet mind."

"Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom."

"We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence."

"The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience."