Quotes by Silence Silence is the sanctuary of prudence. Baltasar Gracian prudence sanctuary silence Hear, see, and be silent. Baltasar Gracian silent silence There is no shame in confusion or fear. "There was only shame in the silence fear had produced. . . . It was the silence that betrayed us." Barack Obama confusion silence grace The silence killed your faith. Barack Obama silence grace You probably can't get much closer to God than serving a congregation 24/7. At the same time, there's a different kind of closeness in this present life I have in which I have much more freedom to come and go and to engage some of the silence and stillness and solitude that I was missing before. Barbara Brown Taylor solitude silence missing Silence and solitude are confrontational. They plunge us instantly into the truth. Barbara De Angelis solitude serious silence Silence has a regenerative power of its own. It is always sacred. It always returns you home. Barbara De Angelis silence meditation home Silence is the garment of light. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison garments silence light Silence arrests flight, so that in its refuge, the need to flee the chaos of noise diminishes. We let the world creep closer, we drop to our knees, as if to let the heart, like a small animal, get its legs on the ground. Barbara Hurd silence heart animal Silence has many advantages. When you do not speak, other people presume you to be deaf or feeble-minded and promptly make a show of their own limitations. Barbara Kingsolver silence speak people Silence has many advantages…I write and draw in my notebook and I read anything I please. Barbara Kingsolver notebook silence writing In the silence I heard Bastet, who had retreated under the bed, carrying on a mumbling, profane monologue. (If you ask how I knew it was profane, I presume you have never owned a cat.) Barbara Mertz cat bed silence What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter. Baruch Spinoza peter silence I never saw any lamp shining more brilliantly than the lamp of silence. Bayazid Bastami lamps silence shining All this talk and turmoil and noise and movement and desire is outside of the veil; within the veil is silence and calm and rest. Bayazid Bastami veils silence desire On the rare occasions I go to the gym, I prefer silence. Bebe Neuwirth rare-occasion gym silence reading a good book in silence is like eating chocolate for the rest of your life and never getting fat. Becca Fitzpatrick silence reading book In the end, the only thing between us was silence. Becca Fitzpatrick silence ends I called Vee. "How are you doing?" I asked. "Good. How are you?" "Good." Silence. "Okay," Vee said in a rush, "I am still totally freaked out. You?" "Totally. Becca Fitzpatrick okay silence said In the world I am Bei Dao silence doe world «89101112131415161718»
