Silence quotes

Silence

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Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa Missionary, Nun

"The beginning of prayer is silence. If we really want to pray we must first learn to listen, for in the silence of the heart God speaks. And to be able to see that silence, to be able to hear God we need a clean heart; for a clean heart can see God, can hear God, can listen to God; and then only from the fullness of our heart can we speak to God. But we cannot speak unless we have listened, unless we have made that connection with God in the silence of our heart."

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Soren Kierkegaard Philosopher, Theologian
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"I found I had less and less to say, until finally, I became silent, and began to listen. I discovered in the silence, the voice of God"

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Leader
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"I agree with Dante, that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain their neutrality. There comes a time when silence becomes betrayal."

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Meister Eckhart Theologian, Philosopher
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"There is a huge silence inside each of us that beckons us into itself, and the recovery of our own silence can begin to teach us the language of heaven."

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