Quotes About Silence

The places of quiet are going away, the churches, the woods, the libraries. And it is only in silence we can hear the voice inside of us which gives us true peace.

Plants and Books are silent Friends to Mankind.The former grows silently to let you live.The later grows you silently to 'live

The days go by, through the brief silence of winter, when the sunshine is so still and pure, like iced wine, and the dead leaves gleam brown, and water sounds hoarse in the ravines.

...there is something which impresses the mind with awe in the shade and silence of these vast forests. In the deep solitude, alone with nature, we converse with God.

They travel long distances to stroll along the seashore, for reasons they can't put into words.

Home at that moment was a starless night, a steady wind, not a human to be seen.

As he stared into the ocean, he must have tossed a lifetime of apologies into its silence. Maybe he thought the tide would wash his troubles away.

In the darkness, she listened to the silence. She wallowed in the beautiful nothing it made.

It was very sad under the trees. Although spring was well advanced, in the deep shade there was nothing but death-rotten leaves, gray and white fungi, and over everything a funeral hush.

Usually, we hate the noise but sometimes we feel empty without that noise!

Discussions of death and such matters do more to unlock the human tongue than any other subject.

The day stared back an empty gray, with not a speck of white to give character to the lifeless sky.

To hear the faint sound of oars in the silence as a rowboatcomes slowly out and then goes back is truly worthall the years of sorrow that are to come.

If you can't sit in a cafe quietly and be ignored, how can you observe human nature and write a story?

The most precious things in speech are the pauses.

First you have to teach a child to talk, then you have to teach it to be quiet.

He sounded absolutely miserable. "Are you ever going to speak to me?

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The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch someone else do it wrong without comment.

No, I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing.

Fortunately, in her kindness and patience, Nature has never put the fatal question as to the meaning of their lives into the mouths of most people. And where no one asks, no one needs to answer.

I learned a lot about humility and patience, keeping my mouth shut.

Jesus wept once; possibly more than once. There are times when God asks nothing of His children except silence, patience, and tears.

Lightning strikes the earth and thunder heralds the doom but the earth bears it all in silence, teaching us that life may be harsh to us but we shouldn't be so to life.