Quotes about Silence
At the heart of silence is prayer. At the heart of prayer is faith. At the heart of faith is life. At the heart of life is service.
- Mother Teresa
God speaks in the silence of the heart, and we listen. And then we speak to God from the fullness of our heart, and God listens. And this listening and this speaking is what prayer is meant to be.
- Mother Teresa
Pray inwardly, even if you do not enjoy it. It does good, though you feel nothing. Yes, even though you think you are doing nothing.
- Julian of Norwich
To pray is to listen, to move through my own chattering to God, to that place where I can be silent and listen to what God may have to say.
- Madeleine L'Engle
Prayer is sitting in the silence until it silences us, choosing gratitude until we are grateful, and praising God until we ourselves are an act of praise.
- Fr. Richard Rohr
God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer.
- Mother Teresa
I love to observe Christmas in quietude, humility, benevolence, charity, letting good will towards man, eloquent silence, prayer, and praise express my conception of Truth's appearing.
- Mary Baker Eddy
Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
God's voice is still and quiet and easily buried under an avalanche of clamour.
- Charles Stanley
Souls of prayer are souls of great silence
- Mother Teresa
Prayer unfolds in the stillness of the soul.
- Philip Yancey
The more we can give in our silent prayer, the more we can give in our active life.
- Mother Teresa