"Somewhere we know that without silence, words lose their meaning."

-- Henri Nouwen

#Silence Quotes

“We're living longer, we social network alone with our screens, and our depth of feeling gets shallower. Soon it'll be nothing but a tide pool, then a thimble of water, then a micro drop.”
“Chaplin was notoriously strict with his sons and rarely gave them spending money.”
“The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.”

Source : Edith Wharton (2015). “The Age of Innocence”, p.169, Booklassic
“Going back to the paradigm we live in, the only way to do music is if I can sustain living off of it. If I can't live off of it, I'm not going to be able to make as much music.”

Source : Source: www.slate.com
“Life must be something more than dilettante speculation.”

Source : Anna Julia Cooper, Charles C. Lemert, Esme Bhan (1998). “The Voice of Anna Julia Cooper: Including A Voice from the South and Other Important Essays, Papers, and Letters”, p.194, Rowman & Littlefield
“The secret of a good marriage is forgiving your partner for marrying you in the first place.”
“Never allow anything to divert you from your insight into Jesus Christ. It is the true test of whether you are spiritual or not. To be unspiritual means that other things have a growing fascination for you. Since mine eyes have looked on Jesus, Iâ€™ve lost sight of all beside, So enchained my spiritâ€™s vision, Gazing on the Crucified.”
“An angel can illumine the thought and mind of man by strengthening the power of vision and by bringing within his reach some truth which the angel himself contemplates.”

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