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title: "30 Need Silence Quotes by 26 authors"
description: "Browse 30 Need Silence quotes by 26 authors. Discover the best Need Silence sayings and thoughts."
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> [I don't listen to music when I write. I need silence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-sachar/i-don-t-listen-to-music-when-i-write-i-need-silence/)

[Louis Sachar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-sachar/)

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> [“Fear makes you silent when you need to be loud and loud when you need silence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-vaughan/fear-makes-you-silent-when-you-need-to-be-loud-and-loud-when-you-need/)

[Elizabeth Vaughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-vaughan/)

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> [Religion is something that you need to do in silence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-quinn/religion-is-something-that-you-need-to-do-in-silence/)

[Sally Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-quinn/)

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> [We must have reasons for speech but we need none for silence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/proverb/we-must-have-reasons-for-speech-but-we-need-none-for-silence/)

[Proverb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/proverb/)

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> [We need silence to be able to touch souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/we-need-silence-to-be-able-to-touch-souls/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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> [“You don't need to fill the silence— sometimes, silence is the deepest conversation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-delaney/you-don-t-need-to-fill-the-silence-sometimes-silence-is-the-deepest/)

[Sean DeLaney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-delaney/)

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> [Because music is a language unto itself, when I'm writing, I need silence. I need to hear the music and the rhythms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-wiggins/because-music-is-a-language-unto-itself-when-i-m-writing-i-need/)

[Marianne Wiggins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-wiggins/)

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> [I'm a songwriter. I need silence to hear the melodies, so I don't fill the days with a lot of sound.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-love/i-m-a-songwriter-i-need-silence-to-hear-the-melodies-so-i-don-t-fill/)

[Mike Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-love/)

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> [I need silence, and to be alone and to go out, and to save one hour to consider what has happened to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/i-need-silence-and-to-be-alone-and-to-go-out-and-to-save-one-hour-to/)

[Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/)

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> [It's going to go away because we all need silence. We all need time to reflect and think. I am not at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/it-s-going-to-go-away-because-we-all-need-silence-we-all-need-time-to/)

[Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/)

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> [We made a film about the need for silence and withdrawal... and here we are at the epicentre of noise and excitement.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pawel-pawlikowski/we-made-a-film-about-the-need-for-silence-and-withdrawal-and-here-we/)

[Pawel Pawlikowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pawel-pawlikowski/)

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> [I need more and more silence, it feels. Poems don't leap into my mind when I'm distracted, turned outward, with other people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-hirshfield/i-need-more-and-more-silence-it-feels-poems-don-t-leap-into-my-mind/)

[Jane Hirshfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-hirshfield/)

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> [See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/see-how-nature-trees-flowers-grass-grows-in-silence-see-the-stars-the/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Silence is the language of Om. We need silence to be able to reach our Self. Both internal and external silence is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-ray/silence-is-the-language-of-om-we-need-silence-to-be-able-to-reach-our/)

[Amit Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-ray/)

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> [“Hey, turn down the volume on your “How To Make Love Like Lucifer Hand Guide Volume II” audio book a little bit.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/hey-turn-down-the-volume-on-your-how-to-make-love-like-lucifer-hand/)

[Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/)

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> [Are they moved by a sense of human need for silence, for reflection, for inner seeking? So they want to get away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/are-they-moved-by-a-sense-of-human-need-for-silence-for-reflection/)

[Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/)

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> [If I don't already know a song's chord progression, I'll stop writing and try to figure it out. I can occasionally listen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-paul-wilson/if-i-don-t-already-know-a-song-s-chord-progression-i-ll-stop-writing/)

[F. Paul Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-paul-wilson/)

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> [Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nhat-hanh/silence-is-essential-we-need-silence-just-as-much-as-we-need-air-just/)

[Nhat Hanh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nhat-hanh/)

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> [We need silence to be alone with God, to speak to him, to listen to him, to ponder his words deep in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/we-need-silence-to-be-alone-with-god-to-speak-to-him-to-listen-to-him/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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> [For that reason you can't write with music playing, and anyone who says he can is either writing badly, or not listening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-pullman/for-that-reason-you-can-t-write-with-music-playing-and-anyone-who/)

[Philip Pullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-pullman/)

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> [“It would never have crossed her mind spontaneously that somebody might actually need silence. That silence helps you to go inward, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/it-would-never-have-crossed-her-mind-spontaneously-that-somebody/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

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> [“Silence is a powerful and magical tool capable of providing you most of the things you really need. Silence is not an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vishwanath/silence-is-a-powerful-and-magical-tool-capable-of-providing-you-most/)

[Vishwanath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vishwanath/)

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> [We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noises and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/we-need-to-find-god-and-he-cannot-be-found-in-noises-and-restlessness/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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> [I don't listen to music when I write. I need silence so I can hear the sound of the words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/i-don-t-listen-to-music-when-i-write-i-need-silence-so-i-can-hear-the/)

[Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/)

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> [Hmmm! well! people say that silence is the best in many case and instances! but appropriate wordz add the magic when there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sardar-hyder-abbas/hmmm-well-people-say-that-silence-is-the-best-in-many-case-and/)

[Sardar Hyder Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sardar-hyder-abbas/)

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> [Silence gives us a new outlook on everything. We need silence to be able to touch souls. The essential thing is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/silence-gives-us-a-new-outlook-on-everything-we-need-silence-to-be/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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> [“To put it bluntly but also imploringly: we Christians need more silence in our services and liturgies. Just how this might be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-f-knitter/to-put-it-bluntly-but-also-imploringly-we-christians-need-more/)

[Paul F. Knitter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-f-knitter/)

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> [I have a need of silence and of stars. Too much is said too loudly. I am dazed. The silken sound of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alexander-percy/i-have-a-need-of-silence-and-of-stars-too-much-is-said-too-loudly-i/)

[William Alexander Percy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-alexander-percy/)

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> [“Silence—people are afraid of it—they feel the need to make small talk, anything, just to break the stillness. I don’t feel any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-martin/silence-people-are-afraid-of-it-they-feel-the-need-to-make-small-talk/)

[Henry Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-martin/)

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> [We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/we-need-to-find-god-and-he-cannot-be-found-in-noise-and-restlessness/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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## Top authors on Need Silence

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-mother-teresa-69278.jpg) Mother Teresa 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/need-silence/mother-teresa/)

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