Everything was so quiet, as if the silence was listening.

Everything was quiet, as if the silence was listening.

— Anna Kavan

And then more quiet, silence so deep it almost drowned out the roar of the night music that pounded away in my secret self.

— Jeff Lindsay

Sometimes its best to stay QUIET. The silence can speak volumes without ever saying a word.

— Anonymous

The truth is, when it gets really quiet, when the silence gets too loud, i really start to miss everyone.

— Stephen Chbosky

Sometimes it's best to stay quiet. Except the silence can speak volumes without ever saying a word.

— Nishan Panwar

Sometimes, it's best to keep quiet. Silence can say so much without you ever having to say a single word.

— Anonymous

“Silence is peace, silence is quiet, silence is calming, silence is what you can be.”

— Jessica Kissner

If we look at the world around us, we see that we are conditioned to not listen deeply. Because isn't that what silence is?…

— Adyashanti

Empathize with silence by listening for the feelings and needs behind it.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Male silence is not the same as listening

— Gloria Steinem

“Raskolnikov sat in silence, listening with disgust.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The silence of prayer is the silence of listening.

— Elizabeth O'Connor

In the silence of listening, you can know yourself in everyone, the unseen singing softly to itself and to you.

— Rachel Naomi Remen

There's a time for words and a time for silence. If you're listening, you'll hear the difference.

— Yasmin Mogahed

In this culture the soul and the heart too often go homeless. Listening creates a holy silence. When you listen generously to people, they…

— Rachel Naomi Remen