Quotes About Silence

Put out the light.

Most of the men had simple souls. They could relate facts, but they said very little about what they dimly felt.

Nothing we come upon in the world can any longer speak to us in its own rights … [They] have been deprived of the voice with which they once declared their mystery to men.

Words were his delight; Hers, a gay gracefulness Of dancing and moving. But when to the place Of deep loving (Starlight at midnight) At last they came, Their full communion And consummation, Their complete sphere, Was stillness for her, Silence for him.

At first cock-crow the ghosts must go Back to their quiet graves below.

It's always an interesting experience for a politician to be heard in silence, I have to say.

My buildings don't speak in words but by means of their own spaciousness.

But why do we talk and gossip so continually, seeing that we so rarely resume our silence without some hurt done to our conscience?

Be faithful to your secret place, and it will become your closest friend and bring you much comfort. In silence and stillness a devout person grows spiritually and learns the hidden things of the Bible. Tears shed there bring cleansing. God draws near to the one who withdraws for a while. It is better for you to look after yourself this way in private than to perform wonders in public while neglecting your soul.

O quam salubre, quam iucundum et suave est sedere in solitudine et tacere et loqui cum Deo!

No man can safely speak, unless he who would gladly remain silent.

Write, read, sing, weep, be silent, pray, endure adversities manfully; eternal life is worthy of all these conflicts, yea, and of greater.

O God my Truth, make me one with You in eternal love. Often I become weary with reading and hearing many things. You are all that I want and desire. Let all teachers be mute and all creation keep silence before You. Speak to me, You, and You alone.

The spiritually-minded man putteth care of himself before all cares; and he who diligently attendeth to himself easily keepeth silence concerning others. Thou wilt never be spiritually minded and godly unless thou art silent concerning other men's matters and take full heed to thyself. If thou think wholly upon thyself and upon God, what thou seest out of doors shall move thee little. Where art thou when thou art not present to thyself?

For a spiritual person, it is commendable to rarely venture out, avoid being seen, and have no desire to see others.

Oh, how good and peacemaking a thing it is to be silent concerning others, and not carelessly to believe all reports, nor to hand them on further; how good also to lay one's self open to few, to seek ever to have Thee as the beholder of the heart; not to be carried about with every wind of words, but to desire that all things inward and outward be done according to the good pleasure of Thy will!

A barrage of words does not make the soul happy, but a good life gladdens the mind and a pure conscience generates a bountiful confidence in God.

For a baby at rest in its mother's arms, there is the most profound communication of love taking place that gives life to the baby and fosters growth, but which the baby is not able to consciously acknowledge. Likewise, we spend our whole lives in the arms of God, being loved by Him, without realizing that we are in the arms of God. The deepest prayer is a silent acknowledgement of that fact, expressed in a choice to receive His love and to rest in Him.

Books may preach when the author cannot, when the author may not, when the author dares not, yes, and which is more, when the author is not.

God hears no more than the heart speaks; and if the heart be dumb, God will certainly be deaf.

There was silence deep as death,And the boldest held his breath,For a time.

Rose-cheeked Laura, come;Sing thou smoothly with thy beauty'sSilent music, either otherSweetly gracing.

Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.

Silence is as deep as eternity; speech, shallow as time.