T. S. Eliot Quotes

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.

I sat staring, staring, staring - half lost, learning a new language or rather the same language in a different dialect. So still were the big woods where I sat, sound might not yet have been born.

She would sit by herself in the middle of the old stoe amphitheatre, with the sky's starry vault overhead, and simply listen to the great silence around her.

The most profound statements are often said in silence.

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

Silence is the most powerful state.

I've always felt that the truth is in the silence.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

Don't underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the thing you can't hear, and not bothering.

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.

The price of seeing is silence.

I grow silent. Dear soul, you speak.

I named this place Listening Point because only when one comes to listen, only when one is aware and still, can things be seen and heard. Everyone has a listening point somewhere. It does not have to be in the north or close to the wilderness, but someplace of quiet where the universe can be contemplated with awe.

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

Stop, stop. Do not speak. The ultimate truth is not even to think.

I am interested in silences

Take time to be quiet.

The beginning of prayer is silence.

Everyone needs a place where they can go to just ponder for a while. Silence is important; it's the only time you can hear the whispering of truth.

Silence is so powerful, so important. There is so much to be learned from it.

Silence is the garden of thought.

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.

Perhaps it is possible to discover more in silence than in speech. Or perhaps it is only that those who are silent among us learn to listen.

Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.