2,656 Quotes About Silence

Don't try to impose silence and peace on your mind. Such a silence and peace will be momentary and superficial. When you jump from the boat of mind, you will fall in the depths of eternal peace and silence.

To be an artist, you need to exist in a world of silence.

Silence is never empty.

Where is this silence coming from?

Silence is about rediscovering, through pausing, the things that bring us joy.

When you become responsive to the solicitations of silence, you may be called to explore the invitation. This exploration is a kind of laboratory. You may sit and observe the coming and going of perceptions. You remain present to them but do not follow them. Following a thought is what maintains it. If you remain present without becoming an accomplice, agitation slows down through lack of fuel. In the absence of agitation you are taken by the resonance of stillness.

By quieting externally, you gain the space internally. Life is a flow - it goes on. Good or bad, it will always change.

What keeps my heart awake is colorful silence.

It’s during those moments of silence, when you can finally turn off all the noise in your head, that you start to understand and learn about yourself. Make time for the peace and quiet your mind deserves.