My 7 Favorite Quotes on the Power of Silence

“Silence is a source of great strength.” ~ Lao Tzu
   
 “Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.” ~ Francis Bacon

“ I think 99 times and find nothing. I stop thinking, swim in silence, and the truth comes to me.”  ~  Albert Einstein

“Within us is the soul of the whole, the wise silence, the universal beauty, the eternal One.”  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.”  ~  Khalil Gibran

“ Music is the silence between the notes.” ~ Claude Debussy

“ I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness.”   ~  Karen Armstrong

Do you have another great quote on silence? I'd love to hear it!