Frederick William Robertson Quotes

The ancient spiritual tradition is that God gives himself fully to us in silence and solitude.

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

Solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

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

Solitude is bearable only with God.

The silence is all there is. It is the alpha and the omega, it is God's brooding over the face of the waters; it is the blinded note of the ten thousand things, the whine of wings. You take a step in the right direction to pray to this silence, and even to address the prayer to "World." Distinctions blur. Quit your tents. Pray without ceasing.

By and by... there are more and more gaps of silence. Through those gaps, windows will open to the divine.

There is nothing so much like God in all the universe as silence.

The disciplines of prayer, silence, and contemplation as practiced by the monastics and mystics are precisely that - stopping the noise, slowing down, and becoming still so that God can break through all our activity and noise to speak to us. Prayer serves to put all parts of our lives in God's presence, reminding us how holy our humanity really is.

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

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.

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 drank the silence of God from a spring in the woods.

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

I feel strongly that the God we meet in solitude is always the God who calls us to community.

If I were a physician, and if I were allowed to prescribe just one remedy for all the ills of the modern world, I would prescribe silence. For even if the Word of God were proclaimed in the modern world, how could one hear it with so much noise? Therefore, create silence.

Religion is something that you need to do in silence.

As the truest society approaches always nearer to solitude, so the most excellent speech finally falls into Silence. Silence is audible to all men, at all times, and in all places. She is when we hear inwardly, sound when we hear outwardly. Creation has not displaced her, but is her visible framework and foil. All sounds are her servants, and purveyors, proclaiming not only that their mistress is, but is a rare mistress, and earnestly to be sought after.

May we try to listen and be silent in order to make space for the beauty of God.

There is something to be said for anyone who sits alone with dignity and silently begs for God.

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

Silence is the only language god speaks.

Instead of indulging in jealousy, greed, in relishing themselves, there are men who keep their hearts alert to the stillness in which time rolls on and leaves us behind. ... those who are open to the wonder will not miss it. Faith is found in solicitude for faith, in an inner care for the wonder that is everywhere.

At the heart of silence is prayer. At the heart of prayer is faith. At the heart of faith is life. At the heart of life is service.

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.