Quotes about silence
silence blind
POZZO: I am blind. (Silence.) ESTRAGON: Perhaps he can see into the future. Samuel Beckett
silence roles silence-is
To restore silence is the role of objects. Samuel Beckett
silence looks
Don't look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences. Samuel Beckett
silence arise silence-is
Silence is the potential from which music can arise. Keith Jarrett
silence sound should
If sound is music and came from silence, then silence is potentially greater than sound. If the sound is effective, it should actually have a chemical - some sort of physiological - effect on the listener, so he doesn't have to hear that sound again. Keith Jarrett
silence sound jazz
If music is sound & came from silence, then silence is potentially greater than sound. Keith Jarrett
silence states cease
There is a state when words cease and silence prevails. Ramana Maharshi
silence mountain spirituality
You are all searching for the silence of the mountain. But you're looking for something outside. This silence is accessible to you right now, inside the center of your own being. Ramana Maharshi
silence chaos conversation
Silence is also conversation. Ramana Maharshi
silence speech language
Silence is never-ending speech. Vocal speech obstructs the other speech of silence. In silence one is in intimate contact with the surroundings. Language is only a medium for communicating one's thoughts to another. Silence is ever speaking. Ramana Maharshi
silence speech endless
True Silence is really endless speech. Ramana Maharshi
silence return degrees
The eloquence of one stimulates all the rest, some up to the speaking-point, and all others to a degree that makes them good receivers and conductors, and they avenge themselves for their enforced silence by increased loquacity on their return. Ralph Waldo Emerson
silence speech silence-is
Speech is better than silence; silence is better than speech. Ralph Waldo Emerson
silence painting silent
Painting was called silent poetry and poetry speaking painting. Ralph Waldo Emerson
silence heard eloquent
I have never heard a more eloquent silence. Laurie Halse Anderson
silence heard eloquent
He says a million things without saying a word. I have never heard a more eloquent silence. Laurie Halse Anderson
silence soul catholic
Silence does good to the soul. Therese of Lisieux
silence grace wilderness
Perhaps the Wilderness we fear is the pause between our own heartbeats, the silence that reminds us we live by grace. Terry Tempest Williams
silence said knows
I never said nothing..." "I know you never! I could hear you not saying anything! You've got the loudest silences I ever did hear from anyone who wasn't dead! Terry Pratchett
silence darkness mind
In the silence, in the darkness, swept away by these alien alkaloids and the plant-mind behind them, you find out a truth that can barely be told. And most of it can't be told. Terence McKenna
silence spoken-word feels
There is a lot of silence in me, and I feel that silence is often better than spoken words. Randeep Hooda
silence suffering path
The path of things is silent. Will they suffer a speaker to go with them? Ralph Waldo Emerson
silence shame discourse
Good as is discourse, silence is better and shames it. Ralph Waldo Emerson
silence doe quiet
Does not everything depend on our interpretation of the silence around us? Lawrence Durrell
silence difficult has-beens
Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say. Samuel Johnson
silence silence-is knows
You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword. Samuel Johnson
silence awkward mind
One must not be afraid of a little silence. Some find silence awkward or oppressive. But a relaxed approach to dialogue will include the welcoming of some silence. It is often a devastating question to ask oneself, but it is sometimes important to ask it - 'In saying what I have in mind will I really improve on the silence? Robert K. Greenleaf
silence tongue sometimes
Conversation in its true meaning isn't all wagging the tongue; sometimes it is a deeply shared silence. Robertson Davies
silence shapes messages
The music aids the message, it's there to punctuate and abbreviate and shape the silence Saul Williams
silence musical important
it's important as a composer to sit in silence and imagine these complex musical worlds in your head, but it's also a wonderful experience to touch your music and to hear it and hear it in the room with you and to say, you can't have an entire orchestra there, but you'd kind of like to have the orchestra there. Tod Machover
silence poet conscious
The poets who do this are uniquely conscious of this silence, this stillness. Russell Simmons
silence mouths language
No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut. Sam Rayburn
silence
Religion is something that you need to do in silence. Sally Quinn