“the very minute we think we 'have' God, God will surprise us. As we search in fire and earthquakes, God will be in the still small voice. As we listen in silent meditation, God will be shouting protests in the street. God is warning us that we had best not try to find our security in any well-defined concept or category of what is Godly - for the minute we believe we are into God, God is off again and calling us forth into some unknown place.” ThinkingTryingBelieveWellsStillsGodVoiceFireMeditationStreetsMinutesSecurityCallingConceptsSilentSurpriseGods WillDefinedProtestCategoriesWarningGodlyEarthquakesShoutingSmall VoiceSilent Meditation Author:Carter Heyward
“The clergy are at present divided into three sections: an immense body who are ignorant; a small proportion who know and are silent; and a minute minority who know and speak according to their knowledge.” KnowsBodyThreeSpeakMinutesSilentIgnorantProportionMinoritiesDividedImmensePreachingSectionsClergy Author:Thomas Huxley
“If we are in silence - in absolute silence with no thoughts - for 10 minutes, it's only a thought that tells us we were silent for 10 minutes. Our only proof is a thought.” IfsSilenceMinutesAbsolutesSilentProof Author:Byron Katie
“All the people of all the nations which had fought in the First World War were silent during the eleventh minute of the eleventh hour of Armistice Day, which was the eleventh day of the eleventh month. It was during that minute in nineteen hundred and eighteen, that millions upon millions of human beings stopped butchering one another. I have talked to old men who were on battlefields during that minute. They have told me in one way or another that the sudden silence was the Voice of God. So we still have among us some men who can remember when God spoke clearly to mankind.” PeopleMenWorldWayFirstsHumansStillsWarRememberNationsVoiceHoursHuman BeingsSilenceMillionsMinutesMankindMonthsHundredSilentOne WayWar Of The WorldsSpokesOld ManRemember WhenBattlefieldsEighteenNineteenVoice Of GodFirst World WarBreakfast Of ChampionsArmisticeArmistice DayEleventh Hour Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“Every moment of existence is a volcano full of truth! Every single moment is ready to explode, may be now, may be two minutes or may be two years later! Truths are ready to erupt! Every single moment is ready to erupt! Be silent; wait for the eruptions!” YearsMayTwoMomentsWaitingExistenceMinutesReadySilentTwo YearsSingle MomVolcanoesEruption Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“To remain silent for only one minute is a serious punishment for a gabby!” MinutesSeriousSilentPunishmentOne Minute Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“I try to meditate every day for at least 5 minutes. I put my phone on silent, sit in quiet and try and find my center.” TryingMinutesQuietSilentPhones Author:A. J. McLean