365 quotes found
“The pale water which goes away along paths of silence.”
“It was a stillness so profound one had to adjust ones hearing to it.....The silence seemed to be trying to tell him something about itself.”
“If a cone had dropped on velvet needles, if a star had lain a silver track across the sky, if the dead had turned in their graves - I swear, I would have heard it, that's how silent it all was. ”
“SilenceTHERE is a silence where hath been no sound, There is a silence where no sound may be, In the cold graveunder the deep, deep sea, Or in wide desert where no life is found, Which hath bee...”
“The silence is not suppression; instead, it is all there is.”
“In the seventh century, Isaac the Syrian wrote about 'stillness,' which in his writings has been summarized as 'a deliberate denial of the gift of words for the sake of achieving inner silence, in ...”
“Kyoko sniffs, unable to speak. Sometimes saying nothing means most of all.”
“I once traveled with a guide who was taking me to Faya. He didn't speak for nine hours. At the end of it he pointed to the horizon and said, 'Faya!' That was a good day.”
“Only he who knows how to speak can be silent.”
“Talking is good. It's good to disturb the silence.”
“Silence doesnt have to be a major pilgrimage into the wilderness in order to find a solitary space. Everyday tasks such as driving around town, folding laundry, preparing food, washing dishes, or t...”
“Silence was my sister's weapon. When people hurt or angered her, she never got loud like Mom or mean and smart-ass like me. Silence was how she fought back. It wasn't passive, or an act of helpless...”
“Silence stands between the trees, waiting for the wind's roar.”
“Silence is a language in itself. Perhaps the loudest and most beautiful of them all!”
“It was almost as if he was giving her his silence, so that all of her anger had a place to go.”
“It was better to leave the space empty of words than to choose the wrong ones.”
“Silence is what allows people to suffer without recourse, what allows hypocrisies and lies to grow and flourish, crimes to go unpunished.”
“He seemed not to know the uses of silence.”
“That silence intimidates puzzles me. Silence is to me normal, comfortable." Later he added, "I will admit to feeling a little contempt for those who can't keep quiet.”
“Silence is not a reply. However, it shows a way of avoiding further discussion and critical questions and the escape from the reality or idiocy, since it is a personal diplomacy.”
