“Solitude is the refuge of meditation to transform silence into creation.”

“Silence was his escape, but silence is rarely a refuge.”

“The seraphs descend from heaven, in the solitudes of meditation, in the stillness of prayer.”

“Appreciating the mind as `ALL SILENCE'. `I AM' is meditation.”

“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.”

“Already, he was dreaming of a refined solitude, a comfortable desert, a motionless ark in which to seek refuge from the unending deluge of human stupidity.”

“her spirits wanted the solitude and silence which only numbers could give.”

“It is really a matter of ending this silence and solitude, of breathing and stretching one's arms again.”

“Embrace silence since meditation is the only way to truly come to know your Source.”

“Like dry ground welcoming the rain, he let the solitude, silence, and loneliness soak in.”