Quotes about Silence
Let us be silent, that we may hear the whisper of God.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The wise man comes to God without saying a word and stands in awe of Him.
— Francis Chan
Just because there's a silence doesn't mean that nothing is going on.
— Margaret Atwood
Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. Why then do you keep up this empty talk?
— Job 27:12
After a few months without writing, months I've lived turned outward... I fear going deaf, not being able to hear the silence.
— Isabel Allende
But Joshua had commanded the people: “Do not give a battle cry or let your voice be heard; do not let one word come out of your mouth until the day I tell you to shout. Then you are to shout!”
— Joshua 6:10
Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more He ordered them, the more widely they proclaimed it.
— Mark 7:36
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
As Martin Luther King Jr. once said, "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
— William Ury
He understood how to sit down and hold his peace for long hours beside the man who had lost the wife of his love
— Victor Hugo
Rest in the Lord; wait patiently for Him. In Hebrew, "Be silent in God, and let Him mould thee." Keep still, and He will mould thee to the right shape.
— Martin Luther
In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering a single word.
— Walt Whitman