Silence – Quotes

In a sacred moment,

In a sacred moment, when attention is pulled inward, rather than continuing in its usual outward direction, silence is realized. Gangaji

True, absolute silence and true, absolute love are not different. Absolute silent awareness overflows with simple, fulfilled absolute love. Objects – people, nature, emotions – may or may not appear. Objects are not needed and they are welcomed. The joy of this full silence is uncaused and unlimited. Always here, always discovering itself. It is … Read more

When all mental activity

When all mental activity around who you think you are or what you need for happiness is stopped, there is a crack in the authority of perception, in the structure of the mind. I invite you to enter through that crack. Come in through that opening. When you do, the mind is no longer filled … Read more

True forgiveness and love

True forgiveness and love arise naturally, effortlessly, from the silence of the heart broken all the way open. Gangaji

Trust yourself. At the

Trust yourself. At the root, at the core, there is pure sanity, pure openness. Don’t trust what you have been taught, what you think, what you believe, what you hope. Deeper than that, trust the silence of your being. Gangaji

When you are willing

When you are willing to stop looking for something in thought, you find everything in silence. Gangaji

All my days have

All my days have I grown up among the Sages and I have found naught better for a man than silence. Gamaliel

Dancing, singing, storytelling and

Dancing, singing, storytelling and silence are the four universal healing salves. Gabrielle Roth

For the longest time

For the longest time after that, neither of us said anything. I was unaccustomed to his silence, but I didn’t mind it. I knew near everything about him, and he knew near everything about me, and all that made our quiet a kind of song. The kind you hum without even knowing what it is … Read more

We know that silence

We know that silence equals consent when atrocities are committed against innocent men, women and children. We know that indifference equals complicity when bigotry, hatred and intolerance are allowed to take root. And we know that education and hope are the most effective ways to combat ignorance and despair. Gabrielle Giffords