Quotes About Silence

Megogong otigree" (keeping quiet means no cruelty).

Their silence is sufficient praise.

Let nothing disturb the silence of this time with you, my Lord.

He held his hand out to me without speaking; and it was then, as I went to him like a falcon flying to his fist, that I realized I loved him.

What?" "To stop. That I didn't want to talk to him. That I wanted him to

to say nothing through fear that taking the matter up would be yielding to temptation would itself be to yield to temptation.

if it is prayer at all, it must be accompanied by meditation.

we shall not fail to observe the fasts, disciplines and periods of silence which the Order commands; for, as you know, if prayer is to be genuine it must be reinforced with these things--prayer cannot be accompanied by self-indulgence.

Do you remember it when your body shuts down and, for the life of you, you can barely squeak out a word or two?

The bonds of silence and protection run deeper, for the moment, than his trust in me.

Listen, or your tongue will make you deaf.

If you can't get quiet enough to hear yourself, your life is too loud.

Sometimes it's harder to attain inner silence than outer silence. The dog stopped barking and the kids have gone to bed, but your mind has a lot to talk about and it knows you can't pretend you're not at home.

O' Great Spirit help me always to speak the truth quietly, to listen with an open mind when others speak, and to remember the peace that may be found in silence. —CHEROKEE PRAYER W

Have some fun with silence. Grow still and become aware of the sounds around you. Listen to your breathing; see if you can hear your own heartbeat. Now try to grow even quieter. Become your breath and your heartbeat. Hear the sounds around you begin to fade, and see if you can move even deeper into the silence afterwards.

If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you.

If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you.

Word by word, the language of women so often begins with a whisper.

When one woman doesn't speak, other women get hurt.

So remembering is only one more way of being alone when the voice has gone everywhere in the dusk of the porches looking for the last thing to say.

Do not hold this pain of what has happened to you close to your heart, Isabelle. You must let it go. No matter matter how painful. It will ruin you. If you keep silent, if you swallow it, it will eat you liked cancer.

Do not hold this pain of what has happened to you close to your heart, Isabelle. You must let it go. No matter how painful. It will ruin you. If you keep silent, if you swallow it, it will eat you like a cancer." I

But I didn't want there to be any silences, out of which raw truths might tumble

After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good that he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: when you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.