Denis Johnson Quotes

The word must be heard in silence; there must be darkness to see the stars.

I think I'm a spiritual person. I don't really go to church often when services are on, but I like going in when they are empty and quiet, and just sitting there and thinking for a little while.

The beginning of prayer is silence.

The heart beats louder and the soul hears quicker in silence and solitude.

Silence is the pause in me when I am near to God.

All of our great traditions, religious, contemplative and artistic, say that you must a learn how to be alone - and have a relationship with silence. It is difficult, but it can start with just the tiniest quiet moment.

I named this place Listening Point because only when one comes to listen, only when one is aware and still, can things be seen and heard. Everyone has a listening point somewhere. It does not have to be in the north or close to the wilderness, but someplace of quiet where the universe can be contemplated with awe.

The first requirement for prayer is silence. People of prayer are people of silence.

There is something to be said for anyone who sits alone with dignity and silently begs for God.

Now I am past all comforts here, but prayer.

Close your eyes and stare into the dark.

Where music thundered let the mind be still, Where the will triumphed let there be no will, What light revealed, now let the dark fulfill.

Although I have always loved the noise of laughter, I really can't fear the coming of quiet. As for funerals, I rather like them. Such nice things are always said about the deceased, I feel sad that they had to miss hearing it all by just a few days.

Friends, do not be afraid of silence or stillness. Listen to God. Adore Him in the Eucharist.

The fruit of Silence is Prayer.

Instead of yielding to idle conversation it might profit one to cultivate silence and contemplation.

Silence is so accurate.

I aspire only to silence.

I love silence.

Sometimes I would make myself very still and try to imagine myself dead. I tried to invoke the feeling of the very last breath I would take.

Solitude has its own very strange beauty to it.

I'm very introspective, and I mostly don't talk to people. I get into a real quiet, meditative place.

There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while.

Some of the most powerful times are when we're quiet.

When you walk 10 hours, 11 hours a day by yourself, you are doing a walking meditation.