I have been re-reading "Into the Silent Land" by Fr. Martin Laird and encountering so many wonderful quotes and poems about Silence. Here's a taste (these are just from the introduction):
"This self-giving God, the Being of our being, the Life of our life, has joined to Himself two givens of human life: we are built to commune with God and we all meet death." M.L.
"... we must fly to our beloved homeland. There the Father is, and there is everything." St. Augustine
I look towards silence.
It is not, as I heard, a peak
with natural footholds and crampons
left
by better climbers.
........
Contrary to what they say there is no map
(they may be speaking of another place)
there is only surrender...
~ Pauline Matarasso
"The joy that is silent is already within us. Its discovery is precious beyond compare ." M.L.
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