Silent Quotes - Page 31

• When the mind is not only silent, but that part of the mind that could become conscious that the mind is silent dissolves in light, then we see and feel purity. We become it, the purity of the eternal light.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Light, Mind

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• Sometimes a people lose their right to remain silent when pressured to remain silent.

  Criss Jami

  People, Sometimes, Nigeria Independence

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.64, Criss Jami

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• It often seems as though the silent, humble servant is secretly wiser and more discerning than the haughty master; yet through dutiful (and sometimes insecure) surrender he continues to serve and carry out petty orders in loyal acquiesce.

  Criss Jami

  Humble, Insecure, Order

  Criss Jami (2016). “Healology”, p.41, Criss Jami

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• It would be of great use to us to form our deliberate judgments of persons and things in the calmest and serenest hours of life, when the passions of nature are all silent, and the mind enjoys its most perfect composure.

  Isaac Watts

  Passion, Perfect, Mind

  Isaac Watts (1813). “The Works of the Rev. Isaac Watts D.D. in Nine Volumes”, p.430

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• Enough, if something from our hands have power To live, and act, and serve the future hour; And if, as toward the silent tomb we go, Through love, through hope, and faith's transcendent dower, We feel that we are greater than we know.

  William Wordsworth

  Hands, Hours, Hope And Faith

  'The River Duddon' (1820) st. 34 'After-Thought'

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• If I made laws for Shakers or a school, I should gazette every Saturday all the words they were wont to use in reporting religious experience, as "spiritual life," "God," "soul," "cross," etc., and if they could not find new ones next week, they might remain silent.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Spiritual, Religious, School

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edward Waldo Emerson, Waldo Emerson Forbes (1911). “Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1820-1872 [1876] Ed”

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• Can thought be silent?

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Jiddu Krishnamurti's second public talk in Berkeley, California, February 4, 1969.

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• A little of true nonviolence acts in a silent, subtle, unseen way and leavens the whole society.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Unseen, Littles, Way

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.102, Courier Corporation

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• True dignity abides with him alone Who, in the silent hour of inward thought, Can still suspect, and still revere himself, In lowliness of heart.

  William Wordsworth

  Heart, Inward, Dignity

  William Wordsworth (1854). “The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth”, p.38

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• I was playing in the juniors at Wimbledon I forgot to turn my mobile phone off. It was lying there in my bag and it rang in the middle of a match, and it was one of my friends from school saying, 'Murray, you're on the telly!' I learnt from that. I now put my phone on silent.

  Andy Murray

  Lying, School, Phones

  "INTERROGATION: Andy Murray". Mirror Online Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. July 1, 2007.

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• The role of silence is to create the space where we encounter the silent Presence.

  Michael Card

  Space, Silence, Encounters

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• There is no Silence in the Earth - so silent As that endured Which uttered, would discourage Nature And haunt the World.

  Emily Dickinson

  Silence, World, Earth

  Emily Dickinson, Ralph William Franklin (1998). “The Poems of Emily Dickinson”, p.901, Harvard University Press

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• Like a dart the present glances,
  Silent stands the past sublime.

  Friedrich Schiller

  Time, Past, Sublime

  Friedrich Schiller, Edgar Alfred BOWRING (1851). “The Poems of Schiller, Complete ... Attempted in English by E. A. Bowring”, p.259

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• Americans cannot escape a certain responsibility for what is done in our name around the world. In a democracy, even one as corrupted as ours, ultimate authority rests with the people. We empower the government with our votes, finance it with our taxes, bolster it with our silent acquiescence. If we are passive in the face of America's official actions overseas, we in effect endorse them.

  Mark Hertsgaard

  Responsibility, Government, Names

  Mark Hertsgaard (2003). “The Eagle's Shadow: Why America Fascinates and Infuriates the World”, p.211, Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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• I thought 'The Artist' was a perfect way to find a good balance. The artistic challenge is obvious because the film is black-and-white and its silent, but I did my best to make the movie accessible and easy to watch. I really don't want to make elitist movies. I really try hard to work for the audience. Audiences are smart. They get everything.

  Michel Hazanavicius

  Smart, Black And White, Artist

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• There is a part of yourself that is not subject to change, it is the silent witness behind the scenes. That is essentially your spirit, the spirit being an abstract but real force. It is as real as gravity. It is as real as time. It is incomprehensible. It is mysterious but it is powerful and it is eternal.

  Deepak Chopra

  Powerful, Real, Behind The Scenes

  Interview with Veronica M. Hay, www.peopleandpossibilities.com.

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• You are no Satyagrahi if you remain silent or passive spectators while your enemy is being done to death.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Enemy, Done, Satyagraha

  Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (2007). “Gandhi on Non-Violence”, p.73, New Directions Publishing

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• God's favorites, especially God's favorites, are not immune from the bewildering times when God seems silent. Where there is no longer any opportunity for doubt, there is no longer any opportunity for faith either. Faith demands uncertainty, confusion. The Bible includes many proofs of God's concern - some quite spectacular - but no guarantess. A guarantee would, after all, preclude faith.

  Paul Tournier

  Faith, Religious, Opportunity

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• They were wrestling with canvases, using violent colors and huge brush strokes. I arrived with gray, silent, sober, oppressed paintings. One critic said they were paintings that thought.

  Antoni Tapies

  Wrestling, Color, Painting

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• The man whose silent daysIn harmless joys are spent,Whom hopes cannot delude,Nor sorrow discontent:That man needs neither towersNor armour for defence,Nor secret vaults to flyFrom thunder's violence.

  Thomas Campion

  Men, Joy, Secret

  Thomas Campion (1907). “Poetical Works (in English) of Thomas Campion”

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• I see myself living by correct principles and accomplishing worthy purposes. One of my favorite quotes is, "The greatest battles of life are fought out every day in the silent chambers of one's own soul." (David O. McKay).

  Stephen Covey

  Soul, Battle, Principles

  Source: zenhabits.net

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• It will often be a question when a man is or is not wise in advancing unpalatable opinions, or in preaching heresies; but it can never be a question that a man should be silent if unprepared to speak the truth as he conceives it.

  George Henry Lewes

  Wise, Men, Often Is

  "The Principles of Success in Literature". The Fortnightly Review, Volume 1, www.gutenberg.org. 1865.

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• What a wonderful work Wagner has done for humanity in translating the toil of life into the readable script of music! For those who seek the tale of other worlds his magic is silent; but earth-travail under his wand becomes instinct with rhythmic song to an accompaniment of the elements, and the blare and crash of the bottomless pit itself.

  Richard Wagner

  Song, Other Worlds, Humanity

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• Walking uplifts the spirit. Breathe out the poisons of tension, stress, and worry; breathe in the power of God. Send forth little silent prayers of goodwill toward those you meet. Walk with a sense of being a part of a vast universe. Consider the thousands of miles of earth beneath your feet; think of the limitless expanse of space above your head. Walk in awe, wonder, and humility. Walk at all times of day. In the early morning when the world is just waking up. Late at night under the stars. Along a busy city street at noontime.

  Bill Vaughan

  Uplifting, Morning, Stars

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• If you're really worried about the effect of "Silent Night" on the kids, you need a hobby or something, and I'm glad you're pointing that out.

  Howard Dean

  Kids, Night, Hobbies

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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