Silence Quotes
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People talking without speaking,/ People listening without hearing...Sounds of Silence.
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It is well, when in difficulties, to say never a word, neither black nor white. Speech is silver but silence is golden.
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I like working in silence.
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Dance is the music of our body, sound is the rhythm of our feeling, silence is the symphony of our soul.
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My poems are more my silence than my speech. Just as music is a kind of quiet. Sounds are needed only to unveil the various layers of silence.
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Silence. There are times it's the only thing I want and I wonder how I'll ever go back to the world of noise and distraction.
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There are lying looks, as well as lying words; dissembling smiles, deceiving signs, and even a lying silence.
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Jesus wept once; possibly more than once. There are times when God asks nothing of His children except silence, patience, and tears.
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It has been said with some meaning that if men would but rest in silence, they might always hear the music of the spheres.
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See for me, it’s immediate. Silence is so freaking loud.' This seemed either deep or deeply oxymoronic. I wasn’t sure which.
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There is nothing wherein their womanliness is more honestly garnished than with silence.
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To many women mistake a man's hostility for wit and his silence for depth.
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Millions of children all over the world live in silence and face communication barriers - and, particularly, access to education.
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Where silence is not allowed, what then is permissible?
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In the past, the poverty they shared had a certain sweetness about it. When the end of the day came and they would eat their dinner in silence with the oil lamp between them, there was a secret joy in such simplicity, such retrenchment.
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When you are willing to stop looking for something in thought, you find everything in silence.
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"Oh, ancient god, whatever your name," whispered Ahmed. "Help this lost son of a good father, this evil boy who meant no harm but slept in school, ran errands slowly, did not pray from his heart, ignored his mother, and did not hold his family in great esteem. For all this I know I must suffer. But here in the midst of silence, at the desert's heart, where even the wind knows not my name? Must I die so young? Am I to be forgotten without having been?"
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Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and majestic, into the daylight of Life, which they are thenceforth to rule.
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There are times it's the only thing I want and I wonder how I'll ever go back to the world of noise and distraction. Other times, silence allows me to hear what's really going on in my head. Part of the reason we're on our phones or watching television or reading magazines is to give our heads something else to listen to other than our own thoughts.
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Silence is a great help to a seeker after truth like myself.
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Decide where and when you want to write. I like space, and silence is an inspiration to me.
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There is a silence that matches our best possibilities when we have learned to listen to others. We can master the art of being quiet in order to be able to hear clearly what others are saying. . . . We need to cut off the garbled static of our own preoccupations to give to people who want our quiet attention.
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I always begin my prayer in silence, for it is in the silence of the heart that God speaks. God is the friend of silence-we need to listen to God because it's not what we say but what He says to us and through us that matters.
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Stillness empowers. Being able to detach from all external stimulants - social media, social engagements, TV, alcohol, food, etc. - and face our own silence is an enormous luxury that should not be taken for granted. The most rewarding moments in my life have stemmed from such stillness.
