Paulo Coelho Quotes

Silence is something more than just a pause; it is that enchanted place where space is cleared and time is stayed and the horizon itself expands. In silence, we often say, we can hear ourselves think; but what is truer to say is that in silence we can hear ourselves not think....In silence, we might better say, we can hear someone else think.

Well, what do you owe yourself? Do you dare take time out to listen to the grass grow, or can you even afford the expense of getting far enough away from life's daily cacophony to hear it grow if you took the time?

Everything inside and around us wants to reflect itself in us. We don't have to go anywhere to obtain the truth. We only need to be still and things will reveal themselves in the still water of our heart.

I've begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own.

It is only in alert silence that truth can be.

I aspire only to silence.

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

When you don't know what to do, do nothing. Get quiet so you can hear the still, small voice.

Above anything, welcome silence, for it brings fruits that no tongue can speak of, neither can it be explained.

If we were not so single-minded about keeping our lives moving and for once could do nothing, perhaps a huge silence might interrupt this sadness of never understanding ourselves and of threatening ourselves with death Perhaps the world can teach us as when everything seems dead but later proves to be alive.

When you stop searching and you calm down and you put your books away, and you confront yourself and see what you are all about, that will bring about bliss faster than anything you can ever imagine or ever do.

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

You are never more essentially, more deeply, yourself than when you are still.

Not only does silence give us a chance to understand ourselves better, to get a truer and more balanced perspective on our own lives in relation to the lives of others: silence makes us whole if we let it. Silence helps draw together the scattered and dissipated energies of a fragmented existence.

If you do not yet know where you fit, I suggest you try seeking it in receptive silence. I used to walk amid the beauties of nature, just receptive and silent, and wonderful insights would come to me.

Meditation is the action of silence.

Just sitting in silence is one of the best things a man can do.

It is important from time to time to slow down, to go away by yourself, and simply be.

'The Machinist' changed me. I learned that I really enjoy, literally, not saying a damned word for days at a time, except for what was in the scene. Whole days of... nothing. Just... standing still. I know a lot of people found it bizarre, because they'd be standing right next to me thinking, 'Why aren't we talking? What's going on?'

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Let your mind alone, and see what happens.

There may be something good in silence. It's a brand new thing. You can hear the funniest little discussions, if you keep turning the volume down. Shut yourself up, and listen out loud.

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

I've found throughout the years that I needed a place where I can go with no TV, no computer, no phone and just have no distractions and just be able to sit and think and just not be disturbed.

Listen to the sound of silence.