Quotes on Silence

Never forget that when we are silent, we are one. And when we speak we are two.

Nothing marks the change from the city to the country so much as the absence of grinding noises. The country is never silent. But its sounds are separate, distinct, and as it were, articulate.

An horrible stillness first invades our ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear.

Midnight brought on the dusky hour Friendliest to sleep and silence.

The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.

A look which reveals inward stress adds more beauty to the face, no matter how much tragedy and pain it bespeaks; but the face which, in silence, does not announce hidden mysteries is not beautiful, regardless of the symmetry of its features.

Who shall silence all the airs and madrigals that whisper softness in chambers?

When we two parted In silence and tears, Half broken-hearted, To sever for years.

Her eyes are homes of silent prayers.

Nature reaches out to us with welcoming arms, and bids us enjoy her beauty; but we dread her silence and rush into the crowded cities, there to huddle like sheep fleeing from a ferocious wolf.

Let him who has given a favor be silent; let he who has received it tell it.

There are no more ideologies in the authentic sense of false consciousness, only advertisements for the world through its duplication and the provocative lie which does not seek belief but commands silence.

I suppose what makes me most glad is that we all recognize each other in this metaphysical space of silence and happening, and get some sense, for a moment, that we are full of paradise without knowing it.

Spires whose "silent finger points to heaven."

It takes solitude under the stars, for us to be reminded of our eternal origin and our far destiny.

Inner silence is not just the absence of thoughts. No! Silence is the blossoming of our indomitable inner will. Silence is our inner wisdom-light.

Silence is like a cradle holding our endeavors and our will; a silent spaciousness sustains us in our work and at the same time connects us to larger worlds that, in the busyness of our daily struggle to achieve, we have not yet investigated. Silence is the soul's break for freedom.

I simply wanted to experience the presence of this man who had revolutionized my understanding. After a while we sat in silence, gazing at the barren canyon walls. And the mute desert seemed to carry on our conversation for us.

Thoughts can create such a barrier that even if you are standing before a beautiful flower, you will not be able to see it. Your eyes are covered with layers of thought. To experience the beauty of the flower you have to be in a state of meditation, not in a state of mentation. You have to be silent, utterly silent, not even a flicker of thought - and the beauty explodes, reaches to you from all directions. You are drowned in the beauty of a sunrise, of a starry night, of beautiful trees.

Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart.

Come into the silence of solitude, and the vibration there will talk to you through the voice of God.