2,656 Quotes About Silence

A dictionary of all the words we did not say.

I imagine what it must be like to stay hidden, disappear in the dusky nothing and stay still in the night. It’s not sadness, though it may sound like it. I’m thinking about people and trees and how I wish I could be silent more, be more tree than anything else, less clumsy and loud, less crow, more cool white pine, and how it’s hard not to always want something else, not just to let the savage grass grow.

Beyond all vanities, fights, and desires, omnipotent silence lies.

If you really want to be different, you'd better keep quiet and be a good person on the inside.

Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better.

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.

In his face there came to be a brooding peace that is seen most often in the faces of the very sorrowful or the very wise. But still he wandered through the streets of the town, always silent and alone.

Perfect prayer does not consist in many words, silent remembering and pure intention raises the heart to that supreme Power.

The easiest way to get touch with this universal power is through silent Prayer. Shut your eyes, shut your mouth, and open your heart. This is the golden rule of prayer. Prayer should be soundless words coming forth from the centre of your heart filled with love.