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• In my quiet, I was working something out.

  Keanu Reeves

  Quiet

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• Silence is God's language, and it's a very difficult language to learn.

  Thomas Keating

  Language, Difficult, Silence Is

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• ON HER DEATHBED, Gertrude Stein is said to have asked, 'What is the answer?' Then, after a long silence, 'What is the question?' Don't start looking in the Bible for the answers it gives. Start by listening for the questions it asks.

  Frederick Buechner

  Long, Giving, Listening

  Frederick Buechner (1973). “Wishful thinking: a theological ABC.”, Harper San Francisco

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• My souls sits in silence, and then asks again, where are you in all of this?

  Rumi

  Soul, Asks, My Soul

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• Silence is the best response to a fool.

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Fool, Cool Status, Response

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• In the silence of our hearts, God speaks of His love; with our silence, we allow Jesus to love us.

  Mother Teresa

  Jesus, Heart, His Love

  Mother Teresa (2008). “Jesus is My All in All: Praying with the "Saint of Calcutta"”, p.16, Image

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• The stars spoke once to man.
  It is world destiny
  That they are silent now.
  To be aware of the silence
  Can become pain for earthly man.
  But in the deepening silence
  There grows and ripens
  What man speaks to the stars.

  Rudolf Steiner

  Stars, Destiny, Men

  "Art: An Introductory Reader".

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• Do you want to know yourself better? Then discover silence.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Want, Know Yourself, Knows

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• When a child has a bad dream and wakes up crying, Dad goes and says, 'Don't be afraid, don't be scared. I'm here.' The Lord speaks this way, too... Usually, Christmas seems like a very noisy feast, but we can use a bit of silence to hear these words of love, closeness and tenderness.

  Pope Francis

  Dream, Children, Dad

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• A Conspiracy of silence speaks louder than words.

  John Lennon

  Speak, Conspiracy, Silence Speaks

  John Lennon (1986). “Skywriting by word of mouth, and other writings, including The ballad of John and Yoko”, Harpercollins

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• A photograph is what it appears to be. Already far from 'reality' because of its silence, lack of movement, two-dimensional ity and isolation from everything outside the rectangle, it can create another reality, an emotion that did not exist in the 'true' situation. It's the tension between these two realities that lends it strength.

  Richard Kalvar

  Reality, Two, Movement

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• No one has ever successfully painted or photographed a redwood tree. The feeling they produce is not transferable. From them comes silence and awe

  John Steinbeck

  Tree, Feelings, Redwoods

  John Steinbeck (1980). “Travels with Charley in Search of America”, p.105, Penguin

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• In grief, words are a poor consolation - silence and agonizing tears are all that is left the sufferer.

  Mary Todd Lincoln

  Grief, Tears, Agonizing

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• The truth is known in silence. Be still and know.

  Leonard Jacobson

  Truth Is, Stills, Knows

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• If you really know how to ask the question 'Who am I?' you will inevitably be delivered into that state of silence and pure consciousness that is your true Being. The question 'Who am I?' will ultimately deliver you into the 'I am' of you.

  Leonard Jacobson

  Consciousness, States, Know How

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• It is a mistake to imagine that you can awaken in any kind of permanent way. There is only NOW and so you can only be awake now. Even the idea of permanence is an illusion. The question to ask is 'Am I awake and fully present NOW?' That question arises and is answered in perfect silence.

  Leonard Jacobson

  Mistake, Ideas, Perfect

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• The only crime equaling inhumanity is the crime of indifference, silence, and forgetting.

  James Orbinski

  Indifference, Forget, Crime

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• There's a time for words and a time for silence. If you're listening, you'll hear the difference.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Differences, Listening, Ifs

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• When you are before the altar where Christ reposes, you ought no longer to think that you are amongst men; but believe that there are troops of angels and archangels standing by you, and trembling with respect before the sovereign Master of Heaven and earth. Therefore, when you are in church, be there in silence, fear, and veneration.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Believe, Angel, Men

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• Day after day, we culture our minds with the deep silence of our own Being.

  Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

  Mind, Culture

  Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1986). “Thirty Years Around the World: 1957-1964”, Stichting Drukkerij En Uitgeverij Mvu

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• The moment you become aware of the silence, you also have become silent.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Moments, Silent

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• It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor the lives of others.

  John of the Cross

  Looks, Deeds, Silent

  St. John of the Cross (1991). “The Collected Works of Saint John of the Cross”, p.93, ICS Publications

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• I agree with Dante, that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain their neutrality. There comes a time when silence becomes betrayal.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Betrayal, Neutrality, Moral

  "Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam". Sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, April 30, 1967.

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• Self-love grows when you trust that the universe is on your side, form your desires from the heart and watch the higher Self carry them out, believe that you are enough in and of yourself, heed the tenderness and sweetness of your love for others, put your attention on positive energies in every situation, honor your own needs without having to seek outside approval, and cultivate the peace of inner silence.

  Deepak Chopra

  Believe, Heart, Self

  Deepak Chopra (2008). “Path To Love: Spiritual Lessons for Creating the Love You Need”, p.216, Random House

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• Trinity!! Higher than any being, any divinity, any goodness! Guide of Christians in the wisdom of heaven! Lead us up beyond unknowing and light, up to the farthest, highest peak of mystic scripture, where the mysteries of God's Word lie simple, absolute and unchangeable in the brilliant darkness of a hidden silence. Amid the deepest shadow they pour overwhelming light on what is most manifest. Amid the wholly unsensed and unseen they completely fill our sightless minds with treasures beyond all beauty.

  Pope Dionysius

  Christian, Lying, Simple

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