Showing posts with label importance of silence in the spiritual life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label importance of silence in the spiritual life. Show all posts

Monday, January 5, 2015

Importance of Silence in the Spiritual Life

"True silence is rest to the mind, and it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body; nourishment and refreshment."
William Penn

"Be still and know that I am God."  (Ps. 46:10)

"Only in silence do we hear God speaking to the soul."  St. John of the Cross

"Go into your own ground of silence and learn to know yourself there."  Meister Eckhart