We need silence to be able to touch souls. The essential thing is not what we say but what God says to us and through us.

The trees, the flowers, the plants grow in silence. The stars, the sun, the moon move in silence. Silence gives us a new perspective.

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.

I believe in the discipline of silence, and could talk for hours about it.

Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion between supposed lovers, between supposed brothers.

Some people can't stand being alone. I love solitude and silence. But when I come out of it, I'm a regular talking machine. It's all or nothing for me.