#silence

Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.

Silence is a source of great strength.

Nature has given us one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.

The Master acts without doing anything and teaches without saying anything.

Those who know do not speak; those who speak do not know. Close your mouth, blunt your sharpness, untie your knots, soften your glare.

He who has nothing to hide does not need to speak.

The greatest events—they are not our loudest but our stillest hours.

By thoughts I mean specifically chatter in the skull: perpetual and compulsive repetition of words, of reckoning and calculating.

When we open our eyes and look at the world without words, what is seen is just this: a magnificent, shimmering dance of energy.

If you want to understand the universe, listen to the silence beneath the noise.

Silence is the great canvas on which the music of existence is painted.

The reason for evil in the world is that people are not able to tell their stories.

Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue—to the end we should hear and see more than we speak.

Your duty is to be, and not to be this or that. 'I am that I am' sums up the whole truth; the method is summed up in 'be still.'

The spiritual horizon widens as the ego recedes.

Silence is the great teacher of the soul.

Silence is the best answer to anger.

Silence is the great teacher of restraint.

The fish in the water is silent, the animal on the earth is noisy, the bird in the air is singing. But man has in him the silence of the sea, the noise of the earth and the music of the air.

Silence will carry what words can never bear.

The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.

The soul's song is heard only when the clamor of vanity dies.

To understand the immeasurable, the mind must be extraordinarily quiet, still.

Can you look at a tree without the word 'tree'?

When thought is quiet, truth shines.

Silence is the soil in which deep wisdom takes root.

The universe reveals its secrets to the silent mind.

The quiet heart hears the music of the cosmos.

Quiet the mind, and the soul will speak.

Silence the angry with gentleness and the false with truth.