William Shakespeare Quotes

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

I like nothing more than walking down a country lane or along a mountain path - it's not proof that there is anything bigger than ourselves, but I feel very much at peace.

There is so much noise in the world! May we learn to be silent in our hearts and before God.

Your solitude will expand and become a place where you can live in the twilight, where the noise of other people passes, far in the distance.

Silence gives us a new outlook on everything. We need silence to be able to touch souls. The essential thing is not what we say but what God says to us and through us.

Stop, stop. Do not speak. The ultimate truth is not even to think.

The appetite for silence is seldom an acquired taste.

Take time to be quiet.

Now I am past all comforts here, but prayer.

We made a film about the need for silence and withdrawal... and here we are at the epicentre of noise and excitement. Life is full of surprises.

Silence must be comprehended as not solely the absence of sound. It is the natural environment for serenity and contemplation. Life without silence is life without privacy. The difference between sanity and madness is the quality of our thoughts. Silence is on the side of sanity.

My soul often mourned of more time and opportunity to be alone with God

He is thinking quietly: I should not have got out of the habit of prayer.

I pray daily... for peace.

With Jackson there was quiet solitude. Just to sit and look at the landscape. An inner quietness. After dinner, to sit on the back porch and look at the light. No need for talking. For any kind of communication.

When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing - just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pond, a flickering candle or children playing in the park?

Solitude has its own very strange beauty to it.

I feel calm when I'm on my own.

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.

I believe silence is the greatest sound of all.

I'm a guy that likes to sit in the quiet and think about things, and sometimes it's way more relaxing to have dead silence.

I spend most of my time alone, because I so value and thrive in the quiet. Heaven.

Brother Cadfael knew better than to be in a hurry, where souls were concerned. There was plenty of elbow-room in eternity.

As before, there is a great silence, with no end in sight. The writer surrenders, listening.