Silence Is Quotes - Page 20

• We believe profoundly in silence-the sign of a perfect equilibrium. Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body, mind, and spirit.

  Charles Alexander Eastman

  Believe, Native American, Perfect

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• The seeker's silence is the loudest form of prayer.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Prayer, Silence, Form

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• Silence must be comprehended as not solely the absence of sound. It is the natural environment for serenity and contemplation. Life without silence is life without privacy. The difference between sanity and madness is the quality of our thoughts. Silence is on the side of sanity.

  Norman Cousins

  Differences, Serenity, Silence

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• Silence is a protective coating over pain.

  E. Lockhart

  Pain, Silence, Protective

  E. Lockhart (2014). “We Were Liars”, p.45, Delacorte Press

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• Silence is a strange thing to us who live: we desire it, we fear it, we worship it, we hate it. There is a divinity about cats, as long as they are silent: the silence of swans gives them an air of legend.

  Keith Douglas

  Happiness, Hate, Cat

  Keith Douglas (2014). “Alamein to Zem Zem”, p.18, Faber & Faber

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• Darkness is to space what silence is to sound, i.e., the interval.

  Marshall McLuhan

  Light, Space, Silence

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• I decided it is better to scream. . . . Silence is the real crime against humanity.

  Nadezhda Mandelstam

  Women, Real, History

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• That was the first sound in the song of love!
  Scarce more than silence is, and yet a sound.
  Hands of invisible spirits touch the strings
  Of that mysterious instrument, the soul,
  And play the prelude of our fate. We hear
  The voice prophetic, and are not alone.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Life, Song, Fate

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1872). “The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Author's complete ed”, p.108

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• My times of silence before God are very important to me now. I put everything else down, every word away, and I am with the Lord. When I'm quiet, life falls into perspective for me. I have a very active mind and I'm a worrier, but in those moments when I choose to put that away, I rest beside the Shepherd in still places. Why don't you give yourself a gift today? Turn off the television or the car stereo, put down the newspaper or the business plan, and in the quietness, rest for a while beside the Shepherd of your soul.

  Sheila Walsh

  Fall, Giving, Perspective

  Sheila Walsh (2001). “Gifts for Your Soul: A Book of Daily Devotions”, Zondervan Publishing Company

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• In the speech sound wave, one word runs into the next seamlessly; there are no little silences between spoken words the way there are white spaces between written words. We simply hallucinate word boundaries when we reach the end of a stretch of sound that matches some entry in our mental dictionary.

  Steven Pinker

  Running, White, Space

  Steven Pinker (2003). “The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language”, p.171, Penguin UK

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• Silence is complicity. Speak now or surrender your ground.

  Michelle Malkin

  Silence, Speak, Surrender

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• The immortal silence is there always waiting for you and that spirit is deathless and courageous. Remember, many have trod the path that you are walking on and they succeeded. They were no better than you, no wiser.

  Frederick Lenz

  Inspirational, Buddhism, Waiting

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• Conversation was never begun at once, nor in a hurried manner. No one was quick with a question, no matter how important, and no one was pressed for an answer. A pause giving time for thought was the truly courteous way of beginning and conducting a conversation. Silence was meaningful with the Lakota, and his granting a space of silence to the speech-maker and his own moment of silence before talking was done in the practice of true politeness and regard for the rule that, "thought comes before speech."

  Luther Standing Bear

  Meaningful, Native American, Space

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• Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.

  Erica Jong

  Silence, Blunt, Instruments

  Erica Jong (2013). “Fear of Flying: 40th Anniversary Edition”, p.153, Open Road Media

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• Only silence is great; all else is weakness.

  Alfred de Vigny

  Silence, Weakness

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• The silence is there within us. What we have to do is to enter into it, to become silent, to become the silence. The purpose of meditation and the challenge of meditation is to allow ourselves to become silent enough to allow this interior silence to emerge. Silence is the language of the spirit.

  John Main

  Silence, Meditation, Challenges

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• Silence comes in two varieties: One that nourishes and comforts; another that chokes, smothers, and isolates. Solitary confinement is the worst kind of imprisonment we can inflict on fellow humans, and if you are forced to keep silent about some dark secret, you live in solitary confinement. Without the bridge of communication connecting you to other human beings, you can’t share your burdens, can’t receive comfort, can’t confirm that you still belong. Silence is the abyss that separates you from hope.

  Martha Beck

  Communication, Dark, Bridges

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• Inside the silence is a melody.

  Joe Walsh

  Silence, Explanation, Melody

  Song: The Radio Song, Album: Got Any Gum?

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• There are things that can only happen through you when you are still. Silence is often the most important work you can do.

  Martha Beck

  Silence, Important, Stills

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• The art form has to do with the mystery and the hidden invitation that's in the room. And that's when the magic happens, that's when the deep silence emerges to the surprise of all the attentively listening ears. In a way, you're following that silence. You go where the silence is deepest.

  David Whyte

  Art, Listening Ear, Silence

  "Courageous Conversations: An Interview with David Whyte". Interview with Kim Rosen, spiritualityhealth.com. December 8, 2014.

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• Silence is so often applauded and those who speak out are often called tasteless.

  Margaret Cho

  Speaks Out, Silence, Speak

  "Margaret Cho: Laugh Lines". Interview with Katie Halper, www.guernicamag.com. June 15, 2015.

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• Silence is our enemy, and sound is our weapon.

  Janelle Monae

  Silence, Enemy, Sound

  "Janelle Monae: 'Silence is our enemy, and sound is our weapon'" by Brittany Vickers, edition.cnn.com. October 22, 2015.

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• Everyone needs a place where they can go to just ponder for a while. Silence is important; it's the only time you can hear the whispering of truth.

  Glenn Beck

  Silence, Important, Needs

  Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe, Jason Wright (2008). “The Christmas Sweater”, p.217, Simon and Schuster

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• Meditation is silence. Silence is God In His Infinity's Smile.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Silence, Meditation, Infinity

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• Only a man of inner silences becomes a creator. And we need more and more creative people in the world. Their very creativity, their very silence, their very love, their very peace will be the only way to protect this beautiful planet.

  Rajneesh

  Beautiful, Creativity, Men

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