Quotes about Silence
Listen to yourself and in that quietude you might hear the voice of God.
- Maya Angelou
To be silent when we are impelled to utter words injurious to God or to our neighbour, is an act of virtue; but, to be silent in confessing our sins, is the ruin of the soul.
- Alphonsus Liguori
We are no longer able to hear God - There are too many frequencies filling our ears.
- Pope Benedict XVI
In prayerful silence you must look into your own heart. No one can tell you better than yourself what comes between you and God. Ask yourself. Then listen!
- Johannes Tauler
He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
- Ignatius of Loyola
Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how.
- Thomas Merton
If you do all the talking when you pray, how will you ever hear God's answers?
- AW Tozer
I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
- St. Therese of Lisieux
The silence that makes it possible to hear God speak also makes it possible for us to hear the world's words for what they really are - tinny and unconvincing lies.
- Eugene Peterson
Prayer is speaking to God - but sometimes He uses our times of prayerful silence to speak to us in return.
- Billy Graham
The most generous choices, especially the persevering, are the fruit of profound and prolonged union with God in prayerful silence.
- Pope John Paul II
My God, I pray better to you by breathing and walking than by talking, just as in choir I sing best when I am thinking about something else, or better still, praying.
- Thomas Merton