Wes Borland Quotes

Silence is something more than just a pause; it is that enchanted place where space is cleared and time is stayed and the horizon itself expands. In silence, we often say, we can hear ourselves think; but what is truer to say is that in silence we can hear ourselves not think....In silence, we might better say, we can hear someone else think.

Listen to the sound of silence.

The wisdom of silence is a great asset.

Sit with silence a lot - real silence, where nothing is happening - because you learn so much in those moments of quiet.

Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river. When the ocean is searching for you, don't walk into the river. Listen to the ocean.

Above anything, welcome silence, for it brings fruits that no tongue can speak of, neither can it be explained.

No one dare disturb the sound of silence...

If there were a little more silence, if we all kept quiet...maybe we could understand something.

I've begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own.

In these silences something may rise

Silence is the sea, and speech is like the river. The sea is seeking you: don't seek the river. Don't turn your head away from the signs offered by the sea.

Silence is exhilarating at first - as noise is - but there is a sweetness to silence outlasting exhilaration, akin to the sweetness of listening and the velvet of sleep.

I aspire only to silence.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

There is a lot of silence in me, and I feel that silence is often better than spoken words.

I've found throughout the years that I needed a place where I can go with no TV, no computer, no phone and just have no distractions and just be able to sit and think and just not be disturbed.

I'm a guy that likes to sit in the quiet and think about things, and sometimes it's way more relaxing to have dead silence.

There is so much noise in the world! May we learn to be silent in our hearts and before God.

When you don't know what to do, do nothing. Get quiet so you can hear the still, small voice.

We need to listen more, to hear the silence and live in it.

I named this place Listening Point because only when one comes to listen, only when one is aware and still, can things be seen and heard. Everyone has a listening point somewhere. It does not have to be in the north or close to the wilderness, but someplace of quiet where the universe can be contemplated with awe.

The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.

Be quiet. Part of your responsibility is to honour the quiet inside yourself so you can hear the call.

Silence is the space where man wakes up.