“God is the silence of the universe, and man is the cry that gives meaning to that silence.”

“Through endless time God's greatest gift is continuously given in silence. But whenmankind becomes completely deaf to the thunder of His Silence God incarnates as Man.”

“When he drapes himself in silence, as God himself dwells in a great silence, man is close to heaven, or, rather, he allows God to manifest himself in him.”

“I hear my silence talked of in every lane;
The suppression of a cry is itself a cry of pain.”

“Silence gives consent.”

“At the heart of man there is an innate silence, for God abides in the innermost part of every person.”

“No prophet ever encountered God without withdrawing into solitude and silence. Moses, Elijah, and John the Baptist encountered God in the great silence of the desert. Today, too, monks seek God in solitude and silence. I am speaking, not just about geographical solitude or movement, but about an interior state. It is not enough to be quiet, either. It is necessary to become silence. For, even before the desert, the solitude and the silence, God is already in man. The true desert is within us, in our soul. Strengthened with this knowledge, we can understand how silence is indispensable if we are to find God. The Father waits for his children in their own hearts.”

“By Silence, the discretion of a man is known: and a fool, keeping Silence, seemeth to be wise.”

“Your silence gives consent.”

“4165. Silence gives Consent.”