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I can’t stand these little silences from him. They’re too loud.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Emma Newman", "slug": "emma-newman", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/emma-newman" }, "book": { "title": "Planetfall", "slug": "planetfall", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/emma-newman/planetfall" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": 270, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "silence", "slug": "silence", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/silence" }, { "name": "silence", "slug": "silence-2", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/silence-2" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Emma_Newman#Planetfall_(2015)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T23:02:17" }, { "id": "465d6887-f718-4332-9472-05938fa5712f", "slug": "you-cannot-pay", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/eckhart-tolle/the-power-of-now/you-cannot-pay", "text": "You cannot pay attention to silence without simultaneously becoming still within.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Eckhart Tolle", "slug": "eckhart-tolle", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/eckhart-tolle" }, "book": { "title": "The Power of Now", "slug": "the-power-of-now", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/eckhart-tolle/the-power-of-now" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "peace of mind", "slug": "peace-of-mind", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/peace-of-mind" }, { "name": "silence", "slug": "silence-2", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/silence-2" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Now#Chapter_7._Portals_Into_the_Manifested", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T23:01:02" }, { "id": "be031313-c0b6-43f6-959d-9c98bfc4c244", "slug": "as-much-as-i-love", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/nicholas-sparks/the-longest-ride/as-much-as-i-love", "text": "As much as I love her, I admit that she has always remained somewhat of an enigma to me...I liked this about her. I liked the mystery she added to my life. I liked the occasional silence between us, for ours was a comfortable silence. It was a passionate silence, one that had its roots in comfort and desire.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Nicholas Sparks", "slug": "nicholas-sparks", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/nicholas-sparks" }, "book": { "title": "The Longest Ride", "slug": "the-longest-ride", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/nicholas-sparks/the-longest-ride" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": 222, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "love", "slug": "love", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/love" }, { "name": "silence", "slug": "silence-2", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/silence-2" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nicholas_Sparks#The_Longest_Ride_(2013)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:59:25" }, { "id": "92b937d2-cd0a-4d8b-be2a-f5a09bbdf714", "slug": "no-voice-but", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/samuel-taylor-coleridge/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner/no-voice-but", "text": "No voice; but oh! the silence sank Like music on my heart.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Samuel Taylor Coleridge", "slug": "samuel-taylor-coleridge", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/samuel-taylor-coleridge" }, "book": { "title": "The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner", "slug": "the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/samuel-taylor-coleridge/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "silence", "slug": "silence-2", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/silence-2" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Rime_of_the_Ancient_Mariner#Part_VI", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:58:34" }, { "id": "fdcab7eb-144c-44e0-b9d8-954acedf515f", "slug": "i-prefer-listening", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/susan-cain/quiet/i-prefer-listening", "text": "I prefer listening to talking, reading to socializing … I like to think before I speak (softly).", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Susan Cain", "slug": "susan-cain", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/susan-cain" }, "book": { "title": "Quiet", "slug": "quiet", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/susan-cain/quiet" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "silence", "slug": "silence-2", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/silence-2" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Susan_Cain#Quiet", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:58:32" }, { "id": "ad04ca6f-ed6d-418f-b5af-9cef513033c4", "slug": "the-world-needs", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/susan-cain/quiet/the-world-needs", "text": "The world needs you and it needs the things you carry. So I wish you the best of all possible journeys and the courage to speak softly.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Susan Cain", "slug": "susan-cain", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/susan-cain" }, "book": { "title": "Quiet", "slug": "quiet", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/susan-cain/quiet" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "courage", "slug": "courage", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/courage" }, { "name": "silence", "slug": "silence-2", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/silence-2" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Susan_Cain#Quiet", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:58:32" }, { "id": "e5e83b47-a116-40da-b82d-476addf8003c", "slug": "in-the-bible", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/eckhart-tolle/stillness-speaks/in-the-bible", "text": "In the Bible, it says that God created the world and saw that it was good. That is what you see when you look from stillness without thought. 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Is more information going to save the world, or faster computers, more scientific or intellectual analysis? Is it not wisdom that humanity needs most at this time? But what is wisdom and where is it to be found? Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and just listen. No more is needed. Being still, looking, and listening activates the non-conceptual intelligence within you. Let stillness direct your words and actions. 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What is stillness? The inner space or awareness in which the words on this page are being perceived and become thoughts. Without that awareness, there would be no perception, no thoughts, no world. 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I thought of captives in prison, the sick and the suffering from the beginning of time who had looked to these stars for strength. What was my little sorrow to the centuries of pain which those stars had watched? So near they seemed, so compassionate. My bitter hurt seemed to grow small and drop away. If I must go on alone, I should still have silence and the high stars to walk with me. 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