Nancy Pivarunas

“Perhaps the most important thing we bring to another person is the silence in us, not the sort of silence that is filled with unspoken criticism or hard withdrawal. The sort of silence that is a place of refuge, of rest, of acceptance of someone as they are. We are all hungry for this other silence. It is hard to find. In its presence we can remember something beyond the moment, a strength on which to build a life. Silence is a place of great power and healing.”
― rachel naomi remen

“A day of silence can be a pilgrimage in itself.”
― حافظ, I Heard God Laughing: Poems of Hope and Joy

“Le livre est un morceau de silence dans les mains du lecteur. Celui qui écrit se tait. Celui qui lit ne rompt pas le silence.”
― Pascal Quignard

“Do you want to change the world?
Then change yourself first.
Do you want to change yourself?
Then remain completely silent inside the silence-sea.”
― Sri Chinmoy, Meditation: Man Perfection in God Satisfaction