Silence Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Let us be silent — so we may hear the whisper of the gods.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The mouth keeps silent to hear the heart speak.

— Alfred de Musset

I use the words you taught me. If they don't mean anything any more, teach me others. Or let me be silent.

— Samuel Beckett

“Siri let out a silent puff of air. If he’d had a wife like this he would certainly have shot her long ago.”

— Colin Cotterill

Sometimes you want to whisper in God's ear, 'God, we know you are in charge, but why don't you make it slightly more obvious?'

— Desmond Tutu

“I won't let you go. This time the whisper was God's, and it came from deep in her soul, reassuring her and also warning…

— Jody Hedlund, With You Always

I will be silent and will hear what God will say in me...If God wishes to speak to me, let him enter. I will…

— Meister Eckhart

The talkative listen to no one, for they are ever speaking. And the first evil that attends those who know not to be silent…

— Plutarch

Only the silent hear and those who do not remain silent do not hear.

— Josef Pieper

Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD…

— Bible

Romans, countrymen, and lovers, hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear.

— William Shakespeare