A note of music gains…
A note of music gains significance from the silence on either side.
« πλ | 18 Nov 2006 »
Quotes — Silence (14 entries)
Everything that is not music is silence
Heaven…a place where everything that is not music is silence.
And Hell, according to C.S. Lewis, is the kingdom of noise.
« πλ | 28 Jul 2004 »
He is not at home wherever…
Jesus went into the temple and boldly drove out those that bought and sold. And when all was cleared, there was nobody left but Jesus. Observe this, for it is the same with us: when he is alone he is able to speak in the temple of the soul.
If anyone else is speaking in the temple of your soul, Jesus will keep still, as if he were not at home. And he is not at home wherever there are strange guests—guests with whom the soul holds conversation, guests who are seeking to bargain. If Jesus is to speak and be heard, the soul must be alone and quiet.
« πλ | 21 Mar 2005 »
Prayer begins by talking to God…
Prayer begins by talking to God, but it ends by listening to Him. In the face of Absolute Truth, silence is the soul’s language.
« πλ | 22 Nov 2006 »
Silence before God has…
Silence before God has little to do with achieving and a great deal to do with receiving.
« πλ | 10 Nov 2006 »
Silence is never-ending speech…
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.
« πλ | 27 May 2005 »
Silence is the language God speaks…
Silence is the language God speaks and everything else is a bad translation.
« πλ | 19 Nov 2006 »
Speech is silver…
Speech is silver, silence is golden; speech is human, silence is divine.
« πλ | 17 Nov 2006 »
The reality that is present…
The reality that is present to us and in us: call it being…Silence. And the simple fact that by being attentive, by learning to listen (or recovering the natural capacity to listen) we can find ourself engulfed in such happiness that it cannot be explained: the happiness of being at one with everything in that hidden ground of Love for which there can be no explanations…. May we all grow in grace and peace, and not neglect the silence that is printed in the center of our being. It will not fail us.
« πλ | 13 Nov 2006 »
We all have within us…
We all have within us a center of stillness surrounded by silence.
« πλ | 23 Nov 2006 »
What it is that stands higher than…
What it is that stands higher than words? Action. What is it that stands higher than action? Silence.
« πλ | 20 Nov 2006 »
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