Quotes about Contemplative Silence
I give people a space to simply sit in silence and communicate with me deeply but non-verbally.
— Marina Abramovic
I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
Meditation is waiting on God.
— Mahatma Gandhi
To pray is to listen, to move through my own chattering to God, to that place where I can be silent and listen to what God may have to say.
— Madeleine L'Engle
Meditation must follow hearing and precede prayer.
— Donald Whitney
The real 'work' of prayer is to become silent and listen to the voice that says good things about me.
— Henri Nouwen
In the deepest sense you shall make yourself nothing, become nothing before God, learn to be silent. In this silence is the beginning, which is to seek first God's kingdom
— Soren Kierkegaard
Seek not to speak, but that you might have something to say.
— Dallas Willard
The sum of evil, Pascal remarked, would be much diminished if men could only learn to sit quietly in their rooms.
— Aldous Huxley
The silence was an intense roar.
— Jack Kerouac
if you stay still for long enough, the universe whispers its secrets to you.
— James Kennedy
A wise man once said nothing.
— Jen Sincero