Quotes about Silence

O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by.

0 little town of Bethlehem How still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by.

Never miss an opportunity to shut up.

Think first. Talk less. Start today.

It often requires more courage to suffer in silence than to rebel, more courage not to strike back than to retaliate, more courage to be silent than to speak.

The world thirsts for grace. When grace descends, the world falls silent before it.

The quieter the mind," said Meister Eckhart, "the more powerful, the worthier, the deeper, the more telling and more perfect the prayer is.

One of the gifts that comes with age is an appreciation for some of the more simple, more commonplace things that seem mundane earlier in one's life. As the years pass, the hidden treasure to be found in humble and unpretentious virtues becomes more accentuated—things like rest, silence, and the joy of an ordinary day. The attraction toward activity and achievement lessens, becoming slowly, steadily, and appropriately replaced by an interest in more internal matters.

nine out of ten people I have had to forgive sincerely do not feel they have done anything wrong. It is up to me to forgive them from my heart — and then keep quiet about it.

I think it was a communication of the heart. When we kept quiet, our hearts discovered that they were kindred spirits.

A young man is afraid of his demon and pulls his hand over the demon's mouth sometimes and speaks for him.

When language fails, violence becomes a language; I never had that feeling.