And all that we built, and all that we breathed And all that we spilled or pulled up like weeds Is piled… — Joanna Newsom Copy Share Image
We made a film about the need for silence and withdrawal... and here we are at the epicentre of noise and excitement.… — Pawel Pawlikowski Copy Share Image
Not all of us are called to be hermits, but all of us need enough silence and solitude in our lives to… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
It is strange to be here. The mystery never leaves you alone. Behind your image, below your words, above your thoughts, the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“For a moment the highlander lay quietly and studied the room in silent leisure, allowing the sleep to disperse and his rested… — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
“For a while, we just ate like that, a sick old man, a healthy, younger man, both absorbing the quiet of the… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“He has learned that silence means the absolute balance of the body, spirit and soul. The man who preserves his unity will… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“When something happens to you that is beyond words, life is happening to you. When the Ultimate is happening to you, you… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
You cultivate the subconscious by meditation, by sitting in silence and by not trying to control your thoughts. Then go someplace where… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
There has been throughout this country and throughout Europe really an attempt silence the conservative voice. We get identified, caricatured and then… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“I have often remarked in the United States that it is not easy to make a man understand that his presence may… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I lay my tasks down one by one; I sit in the silence of twilight grace. Out of the shadows, deep and… — Mary C. Ames Copy Share Image
When I finished performing 'I Won't Give Up' for the first time, I opened my eyes, and I think there was maybe… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
I sit alone No reason why No laugh no smile No need to cry I sit in silence awaiting my fate to… — Im Nothing Copy Share Image
There are three reasons why I live in Scotland. First, I like silence, and you have to be a millionaire to buy… — Gian Carlo Menotti Copy Share Image
If I am perturbed by the reproach and misunderstanding that may follow action taken for the good of souls for whom I… — Amy Carmichael Copy Share Image
“And it is hard, I imagine, for people who have not experienced this to understand the weight of that silence and how… — Daisy Hernandez Copy Share Image
There are times when it's better to choose to LOVE a person in SILENCE, for in silence,you will find no rejection. Likewise,… — Bubbles Copy Share Image
We come from a generation of people who need their TV or stereo playing all the time. These people so scared of… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Leisure is a form of silence, not noiselessness. It is the silence of contemplation such as occurs when we let our minds… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“Silence does not always imply consent. Sometimes it simply means that the silent one has opted out of a discussion with idiots.” — Lex Allen Copy Share Image
“It is not speaking that breaks our silence, but the anxiety to be heard. The words of the proud man impose silence… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
If we are in silence - in absolute silence with no thoughts - for 10 minutes, it's only a thought that tells… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
When our whole life is one faith, hope, love, prayer and silence, a consecrated life always bound up in the Eucharist, then… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“Hey, turn down the volume on your “How To Make Love Like Lucifer Hand Guide Volume II” audio book a little bit.… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
If you do not yet know where you fit, I suggest you try seeking it in receptive silence. I used to walk… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
There was neither horizon, cloud, nor sound; of that pink, spread silence even I had become part, belonging as much to sky… — Emily Carr Copy Share Image
I remember having a friend overnight, and lots of giggling after the lights were out. And seemingly long silences followed by “Are… — Joe Brainard Copy Share Image
If the prudence of reserve and decorum dictates silence in some circumstances, in others prudence of a higher order may justify us… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
God has special confidences for each soul. Indeed, it would seem as though the deepest truths came only in moments of profound… — Charles Brent Copy Share Image
“To read, write, draw, paint, meditate, yoga, create and find that silence is a really good thing… I am not an author...” — Mirtha Dominguez Copy Share Image
I don't really see huge barriers between any styles of music. My definition of music is "organizing sound and silence into emotion,"… — Stefon Harris Copy Share Image
I like my human experience served up with a little silence and restraint. Silence makes experience go further and, when it does… — Djuna Barnes Copy Share Image
Yoga is the settling of the mind into silence. When the mind has settled, we are established in our essential nature, which… — Patanjali Copy Share Image
“You're the only one who can leave me completely breathless even when there's nothing but silence between us. It's 'like I can… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Instead of using whispers and gossip that can cause hurt and pain while serving no good purpose,we should do better to restrain… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Each of us carries a room within ourselves, waiting to be furnished and peopled, and if you listen closely, you may need… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
One thing is certain, and I have always known it - the joys of my life have nothing to do with age.… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
You don't need to be told some things. You can sometimes tell more by a man's silence and the set of his… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Silence is terrible and painful only to those who have said all and have nothing more to speak of; but to those… — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
