Discipline Quote by Henri Nouwen

Silence is a very concrete, practical, and useful discipline in all our ministerial tasks. It can be seen as a portable cell taken with…

— Henri Nouwen

“After seeing how many people waste their lives, their whole lives (tongues wagging, wagging, wagging, and all the inevitable consequences), silence seems preferable to…

— Josemaría Escrivá

“Silence is one of the deepest disciplines of the Spirit simply because it puts the stopper on all self-justification. One of the fruits of…

— Richard J. Foster

“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 the speech of the spiritual seeker.

— Sathya Sai Baba

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

— Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

Silence, as someone has said, is the mother of prayer and the nurse of holy thoughts. Silence cuts down on our sins, doesn't it?…

— Elisabeth Elliot

I don't mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I say.

— Margaret Thatcher

Ministers should not pray so loud, and long, as to exhaust the strength. It is not necessary to weary the throat and lungs in…

— Ellen G. White

Silence is letting what there is be what it is. In that sense it has to do profoundly with God: the silence of simply…

— Rowan Williams

Ministers are tempted to join the ranks of those who consider it their primary task to keep other people busy … But our task…

— Henri Nouwen

“Silence and solitude are universally recognized spiritual practices, and there are good reasons for this. Learning how to discipline your speech is a way…

— Elizabeth Gilbert