If somebody wants to go to church because they like the ritual of it and want to sit in silence for a… — Patrick Wilson Copy Share Image
The reality that is present to us and in us: call it being...Silence. And the simple fact that by being attentive, by… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Then he was gone, and Prentice was alone in a silence that rang with all his shrill, unspoken words. He was so… — Richard Yates Copy Share Image
Dear fatal name! rest ever unreveal'd, Nor pass these lips in holy silence seal'd. Hide it, my heart, within that close disguise,… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
“It is perfectly understandable, in a world where the media shout in the same vulgar way about genocides and sexual scandals, to… — Prunier, Gérard Copy Share Image
Human beings have capitalized on the silence of animals, just as certain human beings have historically imposed silence on certain other human… — Gary Steiner Copy Share Image
I have been challenged by the concept of meditation ... I decided recently to accept the invitation of a friend to experience… — Laurie Beth Jones Copy Share Image
Two young salmon are swimming along one day. As they do, they are passed by a wiser, older fish coming the other… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“We fall back into silence. I look around XO Cafe and notice that chatter happens mostly at tables where the diners are… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“I always wished a little that the church was not a church, set off as it was behind its barriers of doctrine… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
There are all kinds of silences and each of them means a different thing. There is the silence that comes with morning… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
O Jesus! on this day, you have fulfilled all my desires. From now on, near the Eucharist, I shall be able To… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
Only through the Eucharist is it possible to live the heroic virtues of Christianity: charity, to the point of forgiving one's enemies;… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
I am, quite clearly, no fan of PETA or its way of thinking - but that doesn't mean that I want the… — Kat Timpf Copy Share Image
“I'm all these words, all these strangers, this dust of words, with no ground for their settling, no sky for their dispersing,… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
“Silence then, "Are you smashed?" "Completely and totally." "What are you wearing?" "Who cares?" "I do." "Why?" "'Cause you're smashed, you been… — Kristen Ashley Copy Share Image
After a universal silence, Leo was the first to speak. “Did anyone else notice—” “Yes,” Catherine said. “What do you make of… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Karrin smiled faintly and shook her head. "He always said you knew ghosts. You're sure it was really him?" Mort eyed her.… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Walking and talking are two very great pleasures, but it is a mistake to combine them. Our own noise blots out the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is the plight of man. And while the blame lies partly on the river " Lotus gestures towards the dark waters… — Alyson Noel Copy Share Image
When you are in hard labor, remember that the length of labor is usually proportional to the number of people around. Avoid… — Michel Odent Copy Share Image
There was a deep silence, only scraped on its surfaces by the faint quiver of empty seed-plumes, and broken grass-blades trembling in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Silence was my sister's weapon. When people hurt or angered her, she never got loud like Mom or mean and smart-ass like… — Sam J. Miller Copy Share Image
“All round me are words, and words and words, They grow on me like leaves, they never Seem to stop their slow… — Kamala Suraiyya Das Copy Share Image
He never spoke of that night again, not to your mother, not to anyone else. He was ashamed for her, for Mickey,… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Sometimes, it is true, a sense of isolation enfolds me like a cold mist as I sit alone and wait at life’s… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, in seeing ourselves as we truly are, not all that we see is beautiful and attractive. This is undoubtedly part of… — Basil Pennington Copy Share Image
Deep in the sun-searched growths the dragon-fly Hangs like a blue thread loosened from the sky: So this winged hour is dropt… — Dante Gabriel Rossetti Copy Share Image
“Fear envelops bones like new skin, envelops blood with night’s skin, the earth moves beneath the soles of the feet - it… — Pablo Neruda Copy Share Image
Every time I criticize the anti-Zionists, they say, 'You are trying to silence us.' I don't deny there are some people who… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
Listen with your body, your heart, your eyes, your energy, your total presence. Listen in silence, without interrupting. Fill any spaces of… — Mark Brady Copy Share Image
When you believe in what you are doing, when you are seeking justice for the killing of Daniel Pearl, when you want… — Bernard-Henri Levy Copy Share Image
“I am constantly surrounded by noise: TV, texts, the internet, music, meaningless small talk, my thinking. All of it blocks my consciousness,… — Richard Wagamese Copy Share Image
“Silence then, a world at rest. Not the antithesis of dust, of speed, but its complement. The gloved hand ungloved its partner… — Jamie O'Neill Copy Share Image
The violent illiteracies of the graffiti, the clenched silence of the adolescent, the nonsense cries from the stage-happening, are resolutely strategic. The… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
“In walking, far from any vehicle or machine, from any mediation, I am replaying the earthly human condition, embodying once again man’s… — Frédéric Gros Copy Share Image
Experiencing the silence of meditation doesn't have to be complicated. You can lie on the floor with arms and legs outspread, paying… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error. The strong and virtuous admit… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
One of the rules of the road is that if you want to create the sense of silence, it frequently has more… — Walter Murch Copy Share Image
I'm sitting her thinking, -God, I swear I will take a vow of silence and move to a monastery and worship you… — John Green Copy Share Image
