Silence Quotes

3932 Silence quotes by 2066 unique authors

There is no shame in confusion or fear. "There was only shame in the silence fear had produced. . . . It was the silence… — Barack Obama
The silence killed your faith. — Barack Obama
All beneficent and creative power gathers itself together in silence, ere it issues out in might. — James Martineau
Go up to the mountain, go up to the glen, where silence will touch you, and heartbreak will mend. — Van Morrison
...the goal of all spiritual life is to get your ego out of the way - outwit the sucker; dissolve it; shoot it; kill it.… — Lawrence Kushner
Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking. — Ajahn Brahm
Frequently, only silence can express my prayer. — Therese of Lisieux
For a stalk to grow or a flower to open there must be time that cannot be forced; nine months must go by for the… — Pope John Paul II
The most generous choices, especially the persevering, are the fruit of profound and prolonged union with God in prayerful silence. — Pope John Paul II
God speaks in the silence of the heart, and we listen. And then we speak to God from the fullness of our heart, and God… — Mother Teresa
Holidays and vacations can help to balance activity with contemplation, haste with more natural rhythms, noise with the heralding silence of peace. — Pope John Paul II
Silence is something more than just a pause; it is that enchanted place where space is cleared and time is stayed and the horizon itself… — Pico Iyer
Today it takes no great stretch of the imagination to envisage the earth as an interconnected globe humming with electronic transmissions - a chattering planet… — John Foley
In this oasis of quiet, before the wonderful spectacle of nature, one easily experiences how profitable silence is, a good that today is ever more… — Pope John Paul II
The more we have received in silence, the more we give in action. — Ernest Hello
In the world in which we live, it is almost a necessity to be able to regain one's strength of body and spirit, especially for… — Pope Benedict XVI
If I were a physician, and if I were allowed to prescribe just one remedy for all the ills of the modern world, I would… — Soren Kierkegaard
Throughout history there have been many men and women who have chosen to imitate Jesus as he withdraws into the desert... To pass time in… — Raniero Cantalamessa
Let us allow ourselves to be 'infected' by St. Joseph's silence! We need it greatly, in a world that is often too noisy, that does… — Pope Benedict XVI
Christ subjected himself to the law of the seed in the earth, to the law of rest and growth. He was "one of the children… — Caryll Houselander
In silence, we are better able to listen to and understand ourselves; ideas come to birth and acquire depth... Deeper reflection helps us to discover… — Pope Benedict XVI
Believing is nothing other than, in the darkness of the world, touching the hand of God, and in this way, in silence, hearing the Word,… — Pope Benedict XVI
For words divide and rend But silence is most noble till the end. — Algernon Charles Swinburne
The silence before the words were spoken, is it different from the silence that came after? — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Behind us lay the great Antarctic Land; snow peaks rising beyond one another until by distance they dwindled away into insignificancy. The silence and immobility… — Unknown Author

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