“I'd been missing this, the ease of being with someone without speaking, without suppressing speech. I'd grown up with it in Karachi,… — Uzma Aslam Khan Copy Share Image
“The recurrent theme in Milliken and Morrison’s research is that people stay silent at work—bury their heads in the sand—because they don’t… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was in yoga the other day. I was in full lotus position. My chakras were all aligned. My mind is cleared… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless; Neither from nor towards; at the still point, there the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When a child has a bad dream and wakes up crying, Dad goes and says, 'Don't be afraid, don't be scared. I'm… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
When political leaders fail to denounce anti-Semitic violence and slurs, the void is not only demoralizing to the victims, but silence actually… — Chris Smith Copy Share Image
The rustle of the leaves in summer's hush When wandering breezes touch them, and the sigh That filters through the forest, or… — John Gardiner Calkins Brainard Copy Share Image
“Curious,' the Prince continued, after a deep silence, 'is it possible never to have known something, never to have missed it in… — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
“Let it be you who lean above me On my last day, Let it be you who shut my eyelids Forever and… — Sara Teasdale Copy Share Image
Libraries' most powerful asset is the conversation they provide - between books and readers, between children and parents, between individuals and the… — Bella Bathurst Copy Share Image
“ I Like For You To Be Still I like for you to be still It is as though you are absent… — Pablo Neruda Copy Share Image
The mystery of the evening-star brilliant in silence and distance between the downward-surging plunge of the sun and the vast, hollow seething… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“If one wants to see a thing very clearly, one’s mind must be very quiet, without all the prejudices, the chattering, the… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
A few times in my life I’ve had moments of absolute clarity. When for a few brief seconds the silence drowns out… — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
“Telling lies is a really terrible thing. These days, lies and silence are the two greatest sins in human society you might… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Children, when we go to the temple, do not hurry to have darshan, then make some offering and return home in a… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
“Death was silence, loss, guilt. And anger. But life led that way, anyway. From birth, it was a slow, long march to… — Michelle Sagara West Copy Share Image
You came into my life Quietly and simple. And my words stood still, I couldn't express in words Or even in simple… — Arvie Reforsado Copy Share Image
“In the soft grey silence he could hear the bump of the balls: and from here and from there through the quiet… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
“You are waiting for me to describe what this silence is so that you can compare it, interpret it, carry it away… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Just as life is made up of day and night, and song is made up of music and silence, friendships, because they… — Mark Nepo Copy Share Image
A great silence has descended on me for the last six months. I am as silent as an Arab in the desert,… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
My sannyasins have to be creators, not through the mind but through meditation. And it comes of its own accord, one need… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Never try to stop the thoughts. If you try to stop the thoughts they will become bigger and greater and they will… — Robert Adams Copy Share Image
“The telephone to Shadow's apartment was silent and dead. He thought about getting it connected, but could think of no one he… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Whether you are aware of them or not, whether you recognize them as spiritual or not, you probably have had the experiences… — Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
“What,” came a deep male voice, “is this?” Silence froze, her hand still outstretched, clutching a damp, dirty cloth. Oh, dear Lord.… — Elizabeth Hoyt Copy Share Image
Even now, as I write this, I can still feel that tightness. And I want you to feel it--the wind coming off… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
it's important as a composer to sit in silence and imagine these complex musical worlds in your head, but it's also a… — Tod Machover Copy Share Image
The official keepers of the Holocaust wage an international campaign to silence the disturbing questions. Most people never even hear the revisionist… — David Duke Copy Share Image
“So it’s not a problem of getting people to express themselves but of providing little gaps of solitude and silence in which… — Gilles Deleuze Copy Share Image
I love the night passionately. I love it as I love my country, or my mistress, with an instinctive, deep, and unshakeable… — Guy de Maupassant Copy Share Image
“Hey Meg! Communication implies sound. Communion doesn't.' He sent her a brief image of walking silently through the woods, the two of… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you are tempted to lose patience with someone and to not waste words on people who—according to you, in a given… — S.R. Piccoli Copy Share Image
“HEARTWORK Each day is born with a sunrise and ends in a sunset, the same way we open our eyes to see… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“It was as easy as breathing to go and have tea near the place where Jane Austen had so wittily scribbled and… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
We hear the ambient noise of children singing. We hear lions and tigers roar. Hyenas laugh. Some jungle bird or howler monkey… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
How do we meditate silently? Just by not talking, just by not using outer words, we are not doing silent meditation. Silent… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
My focus on silence is to be understood as an intrinsic part of the body's search for meaning amongst the noisy assaults… — Radka Donnell Copy Share Image
If you don’t learn how to cry, you cannot be a good Christian. When they posed this question to us – why… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image