Quotes about Silence

The secret of praying is praying in secret.

John the Baptist's training was in God's University of Silence. God takes all His great men there.

I don't think..." then you shouldn't talk, said the Hatter.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

His eyes fixed on mine for an instant, then he turned back to the fire.

She sat silent, looking straight ahead. What did he care about the hot sun on her head? What did she care? Nothing worse could possibly happen to her.

When they were done, the stones lay heaped upon the still form. The crowd dispersed like crows flying from empty bones. The elders picked up their robes and walked away. The mob was now silent. No one met the gaze of his neighbor. They drifted away, until only Ezra stood at one side, Saul on the other.

I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having to talk because for years I had been giving myself out in words.

The real 'work' of prayer is to become silent and listen to the voice that says good things about me.

The rhythm of my career has always been very static, staccato and then silent, and then a lot of work, and then none

Emptiness where you wouldn't expect it speaks to you.

Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.