from The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis

We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.

from Out of Control by Ben Young and Dr. Sam Adams

"We're daring you to move from control to mystery; from sustained, chaotic activity to periods of silence and solitude; and from practiced self-reliance to deep faith and trust in God. ... to experience true peace and rest."

by George Eliot

If we had keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence.