Church Quote by Ferdinand Mount

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Churches are vessels of hush, as well as everything else they are, and when I block out the distractions of vision, the silence is…

— Francis Spufford

To be honest, I hate silence.

— Chuck Palahniuk

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Silence promotes the presence of God, prevents many harsh and proud words, and suppresses many dangers in the way of ridiculing or harshly judging…

— François Fénelon

Silence is a trick when it imposes. Pedants and scholars, churchmen and physicians, abound in silent pride.

— Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

As ministers our greatest temptation is toward too many words. They weaken our faith and make us lukewarm. But silence is a sacred discipline,…

— Henri Nouwen

“I always wished a little that the church was not a church, set off as it was behind its barriers of doctrine and creed,…

— Wendell Berry

Silence is the greatest persecution; never do the saints keep themselves silent.

— Blaise Pascal

Silence alone is respectable and respected. I believe God to be silence.

— Henry Adams

Silence is terrible and painful only to those who have said all and have nothing more to speak of; but to those who never…

— Maxim Gorky

I'm not denouncing the church, and I'm not interested in people who want me to denounce the church. It's not a church worthy of…

— Barack Obama