Quotes related to Ecclesiastes 3:7
First, silence makes us pilgrims. Secondly, silence guards the fire within. Thirdly, silence teaches us to speak.
— Henri Nouwen
Just as words lose their power when they are not born out of silence, so openness loses its meaning when there is no ability to be closed.
— Henri Nouwen
Without reading the word, silence becomes stale, and without silence, the word loses its re-creative power. The word leads to silence and silence to the word. The word is born in silence, and silence is the deepest response to the word.
— Henri Nouwen
As ministers our greatest temptation is toward too many words. They weaken our faith and make us lukewarm. But silence is a sacred discipline, a guard of the Holy Spirit.
— Henri Nouwen
Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are many fine things which we cannot say if we have to shout.
— Henry David Thoreau
We are more anxious to speak than to be heard.
— Henry David Thoreau
do not let your left hand know what your right hand does, for it is not worth knowing.
— Henry David Thoreau
Is it better to shout and thereby hasten the end, or to keep silent and gain thereby a slower death?
— Milan Kundera
I do not need to get used to your silence. I already know it. I quite possibly love all of it.
— Ernest Hemingway
It can be very lonely knowing that you have things to say but you daren't say them. Knowing that you could contribute to something but you don't dare quite do it.
— Bob Mortimer
Music is pleasing not only because of the sound but because of the silence that is in it: without the alternation of sound and silence there would be no rhythm.
— Thomas Merton
Whose silence are you?
— Thomas Merton