Quotes about Silence

Because words unsaid can change a course as surely as words said.

The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them.

In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.

Silence is the great teacher and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration, knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your core of inner silence.

Practicing silence means making a commitment to take a certain amount of time to simply Be. Experiencing silence means periodically withdrawing from the activity of speech. It also means periodically withdrawing from such activities as watching television, listening to the radio, or reading a book. If you never give yourself the opportunity to experience silence, this creates turbulence in your internal dialogue.

Inside stillness lies a treasure. It can be opened using nothing more than silent awareness - the gaze of the soul. If you wish to open your soul's treasure, regard the present moment as a uniquely precious thing - the still point around which the world revolves.

He hadn't lied with words, but sometimes the lie was the thing left unsaid.

We cannot get to our knowledge because the world is too loud. And we tend to make it louder as we cry out in pain, pretending we are singing.

Learning never takes place while you're talking.

The silent treasuring up of knowledge; learning without satiety; and instructing others without being wearied: which one of these things belongs to me?

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

A wise man once said nothing.