Silence is the goal of all answers. If an answer does not silence the mind, it is no answer.
-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Quotations
Silence
To be an artist, you need to exist in a world of silence.
-Louise Bourgeois
It is easy to see the glow but hard to recognize the awakening of silence.
-Dejan Stojanović
"The Sun Watches the Sun"
Too many people seem to believe that silence was a void that needed to be filled, even if nothing important was said.
-Nicholas Sparks
"Nights in Rodanthe"
Some of the most powerful speeches I have given have been delivered in the dedicated silence of my actions.
-Steve Maraboli
Never say anything that doesn't improve on silence.
-Richard Yates
"A Good School"
First, silence makes us pilgrims. Secondly, silence guards the fire within. Thirdly, silence teaches us to speak.
-Henri J.M. Nouwen
Music is pleasing not only because of the sound but because of the silence that is in it: without the alternation of sound and silence there would be no rhythm.
-Thomas Merton
"No Man Is an Island"
Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music.
-Marcel Marceau
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
-Elbert Hubbard
