SPIRITUAL MUSINGS
Silence
Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself, and know that everything in this life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.
--Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness.
--Mahatma Gandhi
Only in the oasis of silence can we drink deeply from our inner cup of wisdom.
--Sue Patton Thoele
To find God there must be calm within, certain senses must be hushed. Tossed around as we are, if God wishes to speak to us, his voice, small and still, will be lost in the hubbub of our daily lives; the rackets and noise drowning our minds will prevent his penetration into that seclusion we call 'heart' -- the living witness of that life in us which is most sacred and most true; the life we call inner and spiritual.
--J.M. Dechanet
There is something greater and purer than what the mouth utters.
Silence illuminates our souls,
whispers to our hearts,
and brings them together.
--Kahlil Gibran
Through the orifice of silence,
the whole geyser of Bliss,
perpetually shoots up and flows over the soul.
--Paramahansa Yogananda
If you love truth, be a lover of Silence. Silence, like the sunlight, will illuminate you in God and will deliver you from the phantoms of ignorance. Silence will unite you to God.
--Thomas Merton
We need to find God, and He cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence.
--Mother Teresa
Not only a truer knowledge,
but a greater power comes to one
in the quietude and silence of a mind
that, instead of bubbling on the surface,
can go to its own depths and listen.
--Sri Aurobindo
Silence is the language of God; it is also the language of the heart.
--Dag Hammerskjold
Not merely an absence of noise, Real Silence begins when a reasonable being withdraws from the noise in order to find peace and order in his inner sanctuary.
--Peter Minard
Silence is not an absence of sound but rather a shifting of attention toward sounds that speak to the soul. In a moment of silence, you may feel your heartbeat or hear your breathing. Silence is a positive kind of hearing, which requires turning off the now that tunes in to active, literal life and tuning in the one that amplifies the movements of the soul.
--Thomas Moore
Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration, knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your core of inner silence. The great Sufi poet Rumi wrote, "Only let the moving waters calm down, and the sun and moon will be reflected on the surface of your being."
--Deepak Chopra
The holy time is quiet as a nun
Breathless with adoration.
--William Wordsworth
Listening to the eternal involves a silence within us.
--Thomas Kelly
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