Quotes About Silence

Really, to stop criticism, they say, one must die.

Silence is hereby outlawed. Silence breeds independent thought, which in turn breeds dissent.

There is an art i n silence, and there is an eloquence i n it too.

God said: GOD MADE YOU. GOD DOES NOT CARE IF YOU ARE "GUILTY" OR NOT. I said: I CARE IF I AM GUILTY! I CARE IF I AM GUILTY!... God was silent. Everything was SILENT.

When what we understand about / what we are / changes, whole / parts of us fall mute

Where's Dorothy?" Dad said. "I don't know. She came in, took the money and went. I don't even know how she got in." "What did she say?" "She said "shush"" "And what did you say?" "I shushed

Spirit, who are you?' Andy demanded. Bobby remained silent, his entire body strained, his lips tightly together, his eyes bulging out. He was taking frantic, short breaths through his nose. His face was crimson. Spirit,' said Andy, 'I command you to tell us who you are in Jesus' name!' Don't you mention that name!' the spirit hissed and then cursed. I will mention that name again and again,' said Hank. You know that name has defeated you.

The difference between a smart man and a wise man is that a smart man knows what to say, a wise man knows whether or not to say it.

but to be part of the treetops and the blueness, invisible the iridescent darknesses beyond, silent, listening to the air becoming no air becoming air again

My hope and prayer is that the body of Christ in America will awake with holy boldness, a boldness content neither with silence nor mere words but that backs up those words with action and results.

Betreffs des Mauls, da solltet Ihr das Eure vielleicht halten.

Ich bin drei Jahre älter, und der Ältere ist immer weiser als der Jüngere. Da ich mich nicht für Weise halte, könnt Ihr ungefähr ermessen, wo Ihr steht. Und jetzt Ruhe!

And when it came to how Dad sometimes treated my mother, other L'Abri workers looked the other way. They must have heard the screaming, and some must have known there was abuse. They did nothing. And to the faithful, Dad was, in the words of Christianity Today magazine, "a great oak" of Christian leadership, something they called him when he died. That the great oak abused his wife was beside the point. Even

Unfortunately, it just so happened that the city-wide camera system, controlled by the police, was down that night from 12:20 AM until 12:35 AM. Seriously? Isn't that convenient… Even more convenient that at the exact same times, there was a complete radio silence on the emergency channels.

Freedom of speech is of no use to a man who has nothing to say and freedom of worship is of no use to a man who has lost his God.

Father's silence is not merely the absence of sound. It's a creature with a life of its own. It chokes you. It pinches you small as a grain of rice. It twists in your gut like a worm. Silence clawed at my throat. It left a taste of burnt matches.

The problem I have telling my secret', said Eldric, 'is that it's a secret.

Although your knowledge is weak and small, you need not be silent: since you cannot be judges be at least witnesses.

Socrates "was asked why seawater had become salty. He replied: If you can indicate to me the use that will come to you from knowing the answer to this question, I shall give you the reason." And Diogenes, "seeing a youth with a lamp, said to him: Do you know where this - fire comes from? The youth replied: If you can tell me where it goes to, I shall tell you where it comes from, thus effectively silencing Diogenes, something nobody else had been able to do.

Language exists only on the surface of our consciousness. The great human struggles are played out in silence and in the ability to express oneself.

Let the words or silence run over you like a shower or the sounds of a stream. Be passive, simply release yourself into whatever the person is or isn't saying. These moments of forced incubation can allow you to discover something great within you, but more important, you might discover something great in someone else.

When it all comes true Just the way you planned It's funny but the bells don't ring It's a quiet thing.

Our society is much more interested in information than wonder, in noise rather than silence...And I feel that we need a lot more wonder and a lot more silence in our lives

I don't think we give that gift anymore (the gift of silence). I'm very concerned that our society is much more interested in information than wonder. In noise, rather than silence…how do we encourage reflection? Oh my, this is a noisy world. I get up every morning at least by 5AM. I have a couple hours of quiet time, reflect about what it is important. What can we do, to encourage people to have more quiet in their lives, more silence? Real revelation comes through silence.