Sunday Reflections — Silence, our inner sanctuary
This week, Sunday Reflections brings you select quotes on finding solace in silence, our inner sanctuary:
“Silence is a profound melody, for those who can hear it above all the noise.” ~ Socrates
“When you connect to the silence within you, that is when you can make sense of the disturbance going on around you.” ~ Stephen Richards
“Silence is something more than just a pause; it is that enchanted place where space is cleared and time is stayed and the horizon itself expands. In silence, we often say, we can hear ourselves think; but what is truer to say is that in silence we can hear ourselves not think…” ~ Pico Iyer
“In silence there is eloquence. Stop weaving and watch how the pattern improves.” ~ Rumi
“Silence is like a cradle holding our endeavors and our will; a silent spaciousness sustains us in our work and at the same time connects us to larger worlds that, in the busyness of our daily struggle to achieve, we have not yet investigated. Silence is the soul’s break for freedom.” ~ David Whyte
“Silence is not the absence of something but the presence of everything… It is the presence of time, undisturbed…Silence nurtures our nature, our human nature, and lets us know who we are…” ~ Gordon Hempton
“When all mental activity around who you think you are or what you need for happiness is stopped, there is a crack in the authority of perception, in the structure of the mind. I invite you to enter through that crack. Come in through that opening. When you do, the mind is no longer filled with its latest self-definition. In that moment, there is only silence. And in that silence, it is possible to recognize absolute fulfilment: the truth of who you are.” ~ Gangaji
“Take refuge in silence. You can be here or there or anywhere. Fixed in silence, established in the inner ‘I’, you can be as you are…” ~ Ramana Maharshi
“Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.” ~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
“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
