Quotes About Contemplation

Silence is so accurate.

Out of silence is born concentration, and from that comes learning.

I aspire only to silence.

Listen to the sound of silence.

Silence is also conversation.

When it comes to true humility in the face of history, nothing beats complete silence.

My hobby is silence.

If somebody wants to go to church because they like the ritual of it and want to sit in silence for a while one time a week, then that's great. If someone wants to go because they believe that God them and Jesus rose after three days, then that's great, too.

And now there is merely silence, silence, silence, saying all we did not know.

Only silence perfects silence.

In silence - and in self-defense - I figured things out in my own little way.

I start any work the same way. I start a rehearsal with silence.

One of the best things about paintings is their silence - which prompts reflection and random reverie.

Sometimes I wish that applause would come just a bit later, when it is so beautifully hushed that I feel like holding my breath in the silence of the end.

A moment of silence is not inherently religious.

People are never quiet. It's go, go, go. I'm a go-getter, but you need rest and silence, just to sit around and think about things.

I like working in silence.

Silence, you know, is the best place to get close to spirit for me.

What I have experienced, and experienced repeatedly, is the silence of God. For many years, this was a distressing matter for me. I did not consider it an experience, but the absence of an experience.

If I have a show at night, I like to spend the whole day alone in silence. I know that might be crazy.

I'm a guy that likes to sit in the quiet and think about things, and sometimes it's way more relaxing to have dead silence.

Sit with silence a lot - real silence, where nothing is happening - because you learn so much in those moments of quiet.

Silence can be very effective, and it gives the music space to breathe.

I'm a friend of silence.