First, silence makes us pilgrims. Secondly, silence guards the fire within. Thirdly, silence teaches us to speak.
-Henri J.M. Nouwen
Quotations
Silence
The world's continual breathing is what we hear and call silence.
-Clarice Lispector
"The Passion According to G.H."
Things that are real are given and received in silence. God has been everlastingly working in silence, unobserved, unheard, except by those who experience His infinite silence.
-A Spiritual Leader "Meher Baba"
In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.
-Robert Lynd
When truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie.
-Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Silence is pure and holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking.
-Nicholas Sparks
"The Notebook"
Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.
-Pythagoras
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind.
-Kahlil Gibran "Kahlil Gibran"
Purpose of words is to create silence.
-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Silence moves faster when it's going backward.
-Jean Cocteau
