David Whyte Quotes

Let us allow ourselves to be 'infected' by St. Joseph's silence! We need it greatly, in a world that is often too noisy, that does not favor meditation or listening to the voice of God.

Keep silent, because the world of silence is a vast fullness

Nothing in all creation is so like God as stillness.

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

The appetite for silence is seldom an acquired taste.

I am interested in silences

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

Quiet is peace. Tranquility. Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life. Silence is pushing the off button. Shutting it down. All of it.

Silence is the Sabbath of the soul. Therein we rest, and therein we hear everything.

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.

Wisdom grows in quiet places.

I turn off the radio, listen to the quiet. Which has its own, rich sound. Which I knew, but had forgotten. And it is good to remember.

Without silence, there cannot be any real appreciation in life, which is as delicate in its inner fabric as a closed rosebud.

The place that I love most is the stillness. It's not that the stillness is lost when I talk or when I teach because the words arise out of the stillness. But when people leave me, there is only the stillness left. And I love that so much.

Silence does good to the soul.

Silence is deeply important in all of our lives.

Listen to the sound of silence.

Silence is the most powerful state.

Never underestimate the power of sitting quietly.

I go among trees and sit still. All my stirring becomes quiet around me like circles on water.

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

There are times when we stop, we sit still. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper.

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

Quiet is here and all in me. ("Dress of White Silk")

Sit quietly and listen for a voice that will say, "Be more silent." As that happens, your soul starts to revive.