Whoever loves God wishes to be alone. Like newlyweds who do not want to have their intimacy interrupted by outsiders, those who have felt the love of God retire into silence and solitude.
~Ernesto Cardenal, abide in love
~Ernesto Cardenal, abide in love
Silence is the communing of the conscious soul with itself.
~Henry David Thoreau
Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe.
~Tao Te Ching
At the cresent moon, the silence
At the cresent moon, the silence
enters the heart.
~Chiyo-ni, from Woman Haiku Master
Which is worth more, a crowd of thousands,or your own genuine solitude?
Freedom, or power over an entire nation?
A little while alone in your room
will prove more valuable than anything else
that could ever be given you.
~Rumi
God's discretion invites us to silence, a silence filled with wonder, a silence which adores and opens itself to God, who draws closer in mystery. Adoration envelopes itself in silence, joining itself to that which draws closer.
~Daniel Bourquet, La Pudeur de Dieu
Thanks to Katt's inspiring blog for this nice thoughts.
