Mahatma Gandhi Quotes About Silence

• Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Prayer

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.240, Courier Corporation

• Speak only if it improves upon the silence.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Spiritual, Wisdom, Silence

  "Small talk? It's not big and it's not clever" by Gary Nunn, www.theguardian.com. February 27, 2015.

• Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Wise, Spiritual, Silence

  Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (1965). “Gandhi on Non-violence”, p.58, New Directions Publishing

• My greatest weapon is mute prayer.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Prayer, Silence, Weapons

  Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (1965). “Gandhi on Non-violence”, p.44, New Directions Publishing

• In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Attitude

  Mahatma Gandhi (2011). “The Way to God: Selected Writings from Mahatma Gandhi”, p.55, North Atlantic Books

• I have naturally formed the habit of restraining my thoughts. A thoughtless word hardly ever escaped my tongue or pen. Experience has taught me that silence is part of the spiritual discipline of a votary of truth. We find so many people impatient to talk. All this talking can hardly be said to be of any benefit to the world. It is so much waste of time. My shyness has been in reality my shield and buckler. It has allowed me to grow. It has helped me in my discernment of truth.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Spiritual, Reality, Talking

• Modern civilization has taught us to convert night into day and golden silence into brazen din and noise.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Night, Civilization, Taught Us

  Mahatma Gandhi (2011). “The Way to God: Selected Writings from Mahatma Gandhi”, p.54, North Atlantic Books

• Silence is a great help to a seeker after truth like myself.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Truth, Silence, Helping

  Mahatma Gandhi (2011). “The Way to God: Selected Writings from Mahatma Gandhi”, p.26, North Atlantic Books

• It has often occurred to me that a seeker after truth has to be silent.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Truth, Silence, Silent

  Mahatma Gandhi (2012). “The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas”, p.204, Vintage

• When I don't understand something, I reach up and hold God's hand. And we walk together in silence.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Hands, Silence, Together

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