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Silence Quotes by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
- The silence before the words were spoken, is it different from the silence that came after?
- No particular thought can be mind's natural state, only silence. Not the idea of silence, but silence itself. When the mind is in its natural…
- To go beyond the mind, you must be silent and quiet. Peace and silence, silence and peace - this is the way beyond. Stop asking…
- Whatever you may have to do, watch your mind. Also you must have moments of complete inner peace and quiet, when your mind is absolutely…
- In peace and silence, the skin of the 'I' dissolves and the inner and the outer become one.
- Even for a moment do not think that you are the body. Give yourself no name, no shape. In the darkness and the silence reality…
More Silence Quotes
- I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness. — Karen Armstrong
- A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence… — Margaret Atwood
- Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom. — Francis Bacon
- Silence is the virtue of fools. — Francis Bacon
- An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind. — Walter Bagehot
- When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. — Ansel Adams
- Death unites as well as separates; it silences all paltry feeling. — Honore de Balzac
- First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body,… — Saint Basil
- Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness. — Samuel Beckett
- Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the silence. — Samuel Beckett
- My voice went recently, never happened before, off like a tap. I had to sit in silence for nine days, chalkboard around… — Adele
- Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing. — Robert Benchley