Arthur Helps Quotes

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

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

Only after all the noise has spent itself do we begin to hear in the silence of our heart, the still, small, mighty voice of God.

We just sat there quiet for a long time, which was fine, and I was thinking about way back in the very beginning in the Literal Heart of Jesus.

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

The beginning of prayer is silence.

God's first language is Silence. Everything else is a translation.

He got right down in the dark between heartbeats, and rested there. And then he saw that another one wasn't going to come. That's it. That's the last. He looked at the dark. I would like to take this opportunity, he said, to pray for another human being.

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

The fruit of Silence is Prayer.

Remain quiet. Don't feel you have to talk all the time. Go within and you will see the Loveliness behind all beauty.

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

The language of silence is the language of God, the language of silence is the language of the heart.

I have a real problem with stillness. With just stopping and being quiet.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.

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.

There is a lot of silence in me, and I feel that silence is often better than spoken words.

The most profound statements are often said in silence.

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.

Spend as much time as you can in silence. Look at the way the sun paints the ground gold.

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

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

Let silence take you to the core of life.

Real action is in silent moments.