Asks Quote by Henri Nouwen

A lively blockhead in company is a public benefit. Silence or dulness by the side of folly looks like wisdom.

— William Hazlitt

Ask 'why' five times about every matter.

— Taiichi Ohno

You ask me if I'm mad when I'm not, then you sit there and ask me ten times, well NOW I'm mad...

— Anonymous

Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot cure.

— Henri Nouwen

Somewhere we know that without silence, words lose their meaning.

— Henri Nouwen

As we read spiritually about spiritual things, we open our hearts to God's voice. Sometimes we must be willing to put down the book…

— Henri Nouwen

Listening is much more than allowing another to talk while waiting for a chance to respond. Listening is paying full attention to others and…

— Henri Nouwen

In other words, first we must call people to communion with God, to intimacy with God, to a sense of belonging. Most people are…

— Henri Nouwen

“Silence has its own language and in that silence he found words within himself; words for her, words for him and words for them.”

— Faraaz Kazi

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

— Charles Simic

Previously they smile even on your silence and now neither your words are working nor tears.

— Nishan Panwar

“Discomfort Many of us are uncomfortable with silence, so we compensate by filling that silence with words.”

— Bill McGowan