Quotes About Silence

We, who are so schooled in the art of listening to the voices of others, can often hear our own voice only when we are alone. . . For many women, the first choice, then, is to give ourselves the necessary time and space in which to renew our acquaintance with our lost voice, to learn to recognize it, and to rejoice as we hear it express our truth.

It is man's faithful servant but one must be careful to give it the right orders. Man has ever a silent listener at his side—his subconscious mind. Every

You scatter your forces by talking about your affairs. Don't discuss your business with your family. Silence is golden!

Silence & smile are two powerful tools. Smile is the way to solve many problems & Silence is the way to avoid many problems. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

You are out of the world's chatter, its corridor echoes, its muttering. Walking: it hits you at first like an immense breathing in the ears. You feel the silence as if it were a great fresh wind blowing away clouds.

Just as there are several solitudes, so there are several silences.

The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.

car chacun, ici comme ailleurs, naît avec sa loi propre ; ici comme ailleurs, chaque destinée est particulière et pourtant il faut se soumettre à ce morne destin commun ; quelques-uns résistent : d'où ces drames sur lesquels les familles font silence. Etre soi-même ? répétai-je, mais nous ne le sommes que dans la mesure où nous nous créons.

Elle éprouvait une paix qui peut-être était de la déception. Elle ignorait qu'elle ne serait pas toujours secourue ; non, les morts ne secourent pas les vivants : nous les avons invoqués en vain au bord de l'abîme ; leur silence, leur absence ressemblaient à une complicité.

gatherings I would sit quietly in a corner, saying nothing. I looked and observed a good deal. I've always been that way and still am. I was anything but expansive. I was a loner—can't remember ever

Think before you speak. Read before you think.

A rain shower was rehearsing. A few experimental droplets filled the silence.

There were creases at the corners of her mouth, the marks of too many words bitten back.

Silence itself could be used as deftly and cruelly as a kire

The passing seconds became dangerous and spacious. The rules tinkled silently as they broke.

When people are insulting you, there is nothing so good for them as not to say a word -- just to look at them and think. When you will not fly into a passion people know you are stronger than they are, because you are strong enough to hold in your rage, and they are not, and they say stupid things they wished they hadn't said afterward. There's nothing so strong as rage, except what makes you hold it in -- that's stronger. It's a good thing not to answer your enemies.

Some grief is so big, it has to be held in

Osje?am da naše duše razgovaraju ?ak i kad šutimo. A naša tijela razumiju što onome drugome treba. Dovoljan je jedan pogled da bi se njime prenio svijet emocija i nijansa koji nije mogu?e objasniti rije?ima.

We plead for help from eyelashes, dandelions, pennies, wishbones and shooting stars. And then some of us have the nerve to get down on our knees and clasp our hands. What must it be like to be so brave and bereft at once? To drop all one's defences? It's one thing when a chicken bone is deaf to your deepest desires, but it must be something else when God goes silent.

Some people seem to be so afraid of being alone with themselves and their thoughts that they have to be talking to someone on the phone constantly. And talking really, really loudly. It's as though they're trying to shout the quiet out of their lives. 'HELLO? YEAH! I'M ALL RIGHT, HOW ARE YOU?' And as soon as one call ends, they're desperately trying to call someone else before the silence settles back. 'HELLO?' It's madness.

The wheels of [God's] mercy and justice move quietly and silently, but they do move.

Many of the mysteries of God—the heartaches, trials, disappointments, tragedies, and the silence of God in the midst of suffering—will be revealed in heaven.

At its deepest level, prayer is fellowship with God: enjoying His company, waiting upon His will, thanking Him for His mercies... listening in the silence for what He has to say to us.

Prayer is speaking to God— but sometimes He uses our times of prayerful silence to speak to us in return.