Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes, Father Quotes, Silence Quotes

Coming at twenty to his father's house, which was a very sink of filthy debauchery, he, chaste and pure as he was, simply withdrew in silence when to look on was unbearable, but without the slightest sign of contempt or condemnation. His father, who had once been in a dependent position, and so was sensitive and ready to take offense, met him at first with distrust and sullenness.

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Accumulate power in silence and become a dynamo of spirituality.

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Words move, music moves Only in time; but that which is only living Can only die. Words, after speech, reach Into the silence. Only by the form, the pattern, Can words or music reach The stillness.

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Good as is discourse, silence is better and shames it.

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

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Today don't beg, don't ask, just thank God in silence for all the blessings in your life.

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Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.

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Silence is a great help to a seeker after truth like myself.

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Music is that which takes silence and brings it to life.

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There is no shame in confusion or fear. "There was only shame in the silence fear had produced. . . . It was the silence that betrayed us."

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The appetite for silence is seldom an acquired taste.

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Tags : Emily Dickinson Quotes , Silence Quotes , Taste Quotes

Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could say how much. Lady, as you are mine, I am yours: I give away myself for you and dote upon the exchange.

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I always had the deepest affection for people who carried sublime tears in their silences.

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Where shall the word be found, where will the word / Resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.

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Now the Sirens have a still more fatal weapon than their song, namely their silence... someone might possibly have escaped from their singing; but from their silence, certainly never.

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Tags : Franz Kafka Quotes , Song Quotes , Silence Quotes

If we try to listen we find it extraordinarily difficult, because we are always projecting our opinions and ideas, our prejudices, our background, our inclinations, our impulses; when they dominate, we hardly listen at all to what is being said...One listens and therefore learns, only in a state of silence, in which this whole background is in abeyance, is quite; then, it seems to me, it is possible to communicate

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My greatest weapon is mute prayer.

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The beautiful is as useful as the useful." He added after a moment’s silence, "Perhaps more so.

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It wasn't a dance, but the complete absence of noise and movement, the silence, that brought me in contact with myself.

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When you inquire 'Who am I?' if you are honest, you'll notice that it takes you right back to silence instantly. The brain doesn't have an answer, so all of a sudden there is silence.

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