--- title: "12 Thoughts Silence Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 12 Thoughts Silence quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Thoughts Silence sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb1/sarah-josepha-hale-14031_silence_the-temple-of-our-purest-thoughts-is-sil_247615.jpg" --- > [The temple of our purest thoughts is silence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-josepha-hale/the-temple-of-our-purest-thoughts-is-silence/) [Sarah Josepha Hale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-josepha-hale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb1/sarah-josepha-hale-14031_silence_the-temple-of-our-purest-thoughts-is-sil_247615.jpg) > [“It was either the chaos of a crowd of thoughts or the silence of solitude... nothing in between..”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sanhita-baruah/it-was-either-the-chaos-of-a-crowd-of-thoughts-or-the-silence-of/) [Sanhita Baruah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sanhita-baruah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42e/sanhita-baruah-9135_chaos_it-was-either-the-chaos-of-a-crowd-of-th_639659.jpg) > [You grow your best thoughts in silence, solitude, and meditation. When you relax and think deeply, you are giving your inmost powers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grenville-kleiser/you-grow-your-best-thoughts-in-silence-solitude-and-meditation-when/) [Grenville Kleiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grenville-kleiser/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/927/grenville-kleiser-7984_best-opportunity_you-grow-your-best-thoughts-in-silence-s_373454.jpg) > [Why must you speak your thoughts? Silence, if fair words stick in your throat, would serve all our ends better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/why-must-you-speak-your-thoughts-silence-if-fair-words-stick-in-your/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6d/anonymous-1_ends_why-must-you-speak-your-thoughts-silence_554871.jpg) > [Behind your image, below your words, above your thoughts, the silence of another world waits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-donohue/behind-your-image-below-your-words-above-your-thoughts-the-silence-of/) [John O'Donohue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-donohue/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d34/john-o-donohue-1919_another-world_behind-your-image-below-your-words-above_2802692.jpg) > [Inner silence is not just the absence of thoughts. No! Silence is the blossoming of our indomitable inner will. Silence is our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-chinmoy/inner-silence-is-not-just-the-absence-of-thoughts-no-silence-is-the/) [Sri Chinmoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-chinmoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/383/sri-chinmoy-517_absence_inner-silence-is-not-just-the-absence-of_1750868.png) > [“I can’t talk to you anymore. I can’t talk to you with words with thoughts with silence. I can’t talk to you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coco-j-ginger/i-can-t-talk-to-you-anymore-i-can-t-talk-to-you-with-words-with/) [Coco J. Ginger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coco-j-ginger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f95/coco-j-ginger-7504_silence_i-can-t-talk-to-you-anymore-i-can-t-talk_653795.jpg) > [Silence must be comprehended as not solely the absence of sound. It is the natural environment for serenity and contemplation. Life without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-cousins/silence-must-be-comprehended-as-not-solely-the-absence-of-sound-it-is/) [Norman Cousins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-cousins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cba/norman-cousins-2488_absence_silence-must-be-comprehended-as-not-sole_1964159.png) > [Silence, as someone has said, is the mother of prayer and the nurse of holy thoughts. Silence cuts down on our sins,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/silence-as-someone-has-said-is-the-mother-of-prayer-and-the-nurse-of/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/990/elisabeth-elliot-1209_being-quiet_silence-as-someone-has-said-is-the-mothe_1840379.png) > [It is strange to be here. The mystery never leaves you alone. Behind your image, below your words, above your thoughts, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-is-strange-to-be-here-the-mystery-never-leaves-you-alone-behind/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc8/anonymous-1_another-world_it-is-strange-to-be-here-the-mystery-nev_2703864.jpg) > [“The Wanderer will stop when they recognize the activities of the mind and refuse to follow it any longer. The Wanderer realizes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-m-wanderer/the-wanderer-will-stop-when-they-recognize-the-activities-of-the-mind/) [Frank M. Wanderer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-m-wanderer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe6/frank-m-wanderer-20681_consciousness_the-wanderer-will-stop-when-they-recogni_219405.jpg) > [Behind all creation is silence. Silence is the essential condition, the vital ingredient for all creation and all that is created. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-bk-satyanarayan/behind-all-creation-is-silence-silence-is-the-essential-condition-the/) [Dr BK Satyanarayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-bk-satyanarayan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91a/dr-bk-satyanarayan-22979_blank-canvas_behind-all-creation-is-silence-silence-i_296979.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thoughts-silence/#itemlist", "name": "Thoughts Silence Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The temple of our purest thoughts is silence.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah Josepha Hale" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-josepha-hale/the-temple-of-our-purest-thoughts-is-silence/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb1/sarah-josepha-hale-14031_silence_the-temple-of-our-purest-thoughts-is-sil_247615.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb1/sarah-josepha-hale-14031_silence_the-temple-of-our-purest-thoughts-is-sil_247615.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb1/sarah-josepha-hale-14031_silence_the-temple-of-our-purest-thoughts-is-sil_247615.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The temple of our purest thoughts is silence.” — Sarah Josepha Hale", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It was either the chaos of a crowd of thoughts or the silence of solitude... nothing in between..”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sanhita Baruah" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sanhita-baruah/it-was-either-the-chaos-of-a-crowd-of-thoughts-or-the-silence-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42e/sanhita-baruah-9135_chaos_it-was-either-the-chaos-of-a-crowd-of-th_639659.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42e/sanhita-baruah-9135_chaos_it-was-either-the-chaos-of-a-crowd-of-th_639659.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42e/sanhita-baruah-9135_chaos_it-was-either-the-chaos-of-a-crowd-of-th_639659.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It was either the chaos of a crowd of thoughts or the silence of solitude... nothing in between..” — Sanhita Baruah", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You grow your best thoughts in silence, solitude, and meditation. 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