Jeanne Marie Laskas Quotes

Take time to be quiet.

The thing that I love, especially after sound check, is when I'm in that stadium alone. It's complete silence. I love that.

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.

The loudest noise in the world is silence.

Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life.

Ground yourself, strip yourself down, To blind loving Silence

So it always is: when you escape to a desert the silence shouts in your ear.

Sometimes I go for days without speaking to a soul. I think, “I should make that call", but I put it off. Because there’s something pleasurable about not talking. But then I love talking, so it’s not that. But sometimes it can be nice. It’s not like I sit here philosophizing, because I’ve no talent for that. It’s just this thing about silence that’s so wonderful.

Quietness is an essential part of all awareness. In quiet times and sleepy times, a child can dwell in thoughts of his own, and in songs and stories of his own.

The great silent man! Looking round on the noisy inanity of the world,--words with little meaning, actions with little worth,--one loves to reflect on the great Empire of Silence.

The silence was always the greates temptation.

I sat up, sliding them off, and the quiet around me did not, for once, seem empty and vast. Instead, for the first time in a while, it felt like it already was full.

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

I aspire only to silence.

Silence is best.

I am in total silence when I write - I don't even like the sound of the dryer going - I like the quiet.

I love silence.

I just want to live in peace and quiet.

I like silence.

It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly still and alone. The world will present itself to you for its unmasking, it can do no other, in ecstasy it will writhe at your feet.

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

Listen to the sound of silence.

Silence is the most powerful state.

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

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