Quotes about Silence
In ... silence we find a new energy and a real unity. God's energy becomes our, allowing us to perform things well.
- Mother Teresa
Friends, do not be afraid of silence or stillness. Listen to God. Adore Him in the Eucharist.
- Pope Benedict XVI
Prayer is a silent surrendering of everything to God.
- Soren Kierkegaard
Meditation is waiting on God.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Coming before God in quietness & waiting upon Him in silence often can accomplish more than days of feverish activity.
- AW Tozer
The speech of God is silence. His Word is solitude.
- Thomas Merton
Listen in silence because if your heart is full of other things you cannot hear the voice of God
- Mother Teresa
When golden moments come, when God enables one really to pray without words, who but a fool would reject the gift?
- CS Lewis
Deepest communion with God is beyond words, on the other side of silence.
- Madeleine L'Engle
If you are hungry to hear the voice of God, you will hear. To hear, you have to cut out all other things.
- Mother Teresa
Seek first God's Kingdom, that is, become like the lilies and the birds, become perfectly silent - then shall the rest be added unto you.
- Soren Kierkegaard
O God, my God, the night has values that the day never dreamed of.
- Thomas Merton