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Quotes About Silence

Meditation is silence. Silence is God In His Infinity's Smile
~ Sri Chinmoy
Excerpt from Meditation: God Speaks And I Listen
~ Sri Chinmoy
My meditation-silence Expedites My God-Peace-Home return journey.
~ Sri Chinmoy
When you meditate, what you actually do is to enter into a calm or still, silent mind. We have to be fully aware of the arrival and attack of thoughts. That is to say, we shall not allow any thought, divine or undivine, good or bad, to enter into our mind. Our mind should be absolutely silent. Then we have to go deep within; there we have to observe our real existence
~ Sri Chinmoy
When we meditate, what we actually do is enter into a vacant, calm, still, silent mind. We go deep within and approach our true existence, which is our soul. When we live in the soul, we feel that we are actually meditating spontaneously
~ Sri Chinmoy
My meditation Is my soul's Soundless sound-conversation With my Inner Pilot
~ Sri Chinmoy
Serving the Guru, I have found eternal peace; my ego has been silenced and subdued.
~ Sri Guru Granth Sahib
Surrounded by nothingness you have to do nothing. You have to do nothing to be who you are. Nothing at all.
~ Sri H.W.L. Poonja
Truth is not a reward for good behaviour, nor a prize for passing some tests. It cannot be brought about. It is the primary, the unborn, the ancient source of all that is. You are eligible because you are. You need not merit truth. It is your own....Stand still, be quiet.
~ Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
You can hear the footsteps of God when silence reigns in the mind.
~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Creativity can only come from silence. If we maintain two minutes of silence every day, then we will see that a whole new dimension of life opens up.
~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
At night a hooded monk passed by where there were no lamps. I could not see his face. I only heard these words he kept repeating: "Teach me, dear Lord, all that you know." I knew instantly a great treasure had entered my soul.
~ St Teresa of Avila
But I am unwilling to utter all that may occur to those who think of it, yet cannot be spoken without irreverence.
~ St. Augustine
My confession then, O my God, in Thy sight, is made silently, and not silently. For in sound, it is silent; in affection, it cries aloud.
~ St. Augustine
In all your deeds and words you should look upon this Jesus as your model. Do so whether you area walking or keeping silence, or speaking, whether you are alone or with others. He is perfect, and thus you will be not only irreprehensible, but praiseworthy.
~ St. Bonaventure
Preach the Gospel, use words when necessary.
~ St. Francis Of Assisi
Preach the Gospel, if necessary use words
~ St. Francis Of Assisi
Dare to declare who you are. It is not far from the shores of silence to the boundaries of speech. The path is not long, but the way is deep. You must not only walk there, you must be prepared to leap.
~ St. Hildegard of Bingen
I say nothing to him I love him
~ St. Thérèse of Lisieux
The silence gets us nowhere, nowhere way to fast
~ Staind
I sit here locked inside my head Remembering everything you've said The silence get's us no where Get's us no where way too fast
~ Staind
Daj? Ci s?owo, ?e nie ma mowy.
~ Stanis?aw Bara?czak
Der Mensch atmet leichter, wenn er das Maul hält.
~ Stanis?aw Jerzy Lec
There are grammatical errors even in his silence.
~ Stanislaw J. Lec