Quotes about Silence

He never denied it. He never did anything. He never acted like either a nigger or a white man. That was it. That was what made the folks so mad.

the listening part is afraid that there may not be time to say it. Dewey Dell - As I Lay Dying.

Now that his physical voice was silent, the inner voice of reason, and other voices too, made themselves heard.

The perfect stillness of the night was thrilled by a more solemn silence. The darkness held a presence that was all the more felt because it was not seen. I could not any more have doubted that HE was there than that I was. Indeed, I felt myself to be, if possible, the less real of the two.

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

the real "work" of prayer is to become silent and listen to the voice that says good things about me. To gently push aside and silence the many voices that question my goodness and to trust that I will hear the voice of blessing-- that demands real effort.

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.

A library is but the soul's burial-ground. It is the land of shadows.

A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.

The secret of praying is praying in secret.

John the Baptist's training was in God's University of Silence. God takes all His great men there.

I don't think..." then you shouldn't talk, said the Hatter.