Quotes about silence

Quotes about silence take us into that ineffable quality and no-thing-ness that silence is. That something out of which all activity arises and within which all returns – the beauty and mystery of silence is never too far away from any of us – to rest in and gain nourishment from. Silence is the true Teaching. It is the perfect Teaching.

Sri Ramana Maharshi

Silence is never-ending speech. Vocal speech obstructs the other speech of silence. In silence one is in intimate contact with the surroundings. Silence is said to be exposition. Silence is so potent.

Sri Ramana Maharshi

I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strangely, I am ungrateful to these teachers.

Kahlil Gibran

Silence is ever-speaking. It is a perennial flow of language which is interrupted by speaking. These words I am speaking obstruct that mute language.

Sri Ramana Maharshi

Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.

Vittorio Alfieri

Silence is sometimes the severest criticism.

Charles Buxton

Speech is great; but silence is greater.

Thomas Carlyle

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.

Mother Teresa

Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Martin Luther King, jr.

Silence is the mother of Truth.

Benjamin Disraeli more quotes about silence here