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The beauty of silence
Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot cure. — Henri Nouwen
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Merton’s prophetic words on the absence of silence
“When society is made up of men who know no interior solitude it can no longer be held together by love: and consequently it is held together by a violent and abusive authority. But when men are violently deprived of the solitude and freedom which are their due, then society in which they live becomes putrid, it festers with servility,…
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The gift of silence
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls. — Mother Teresa
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Prayer and Waiting
Solid advice from Richard Foster and Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
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Prayers for the Day
Give me a pure heart — that I may see Thee, A humble heart — that I may hear Thee, A heart of love — that I may serve Thee, A heart of faith — that I may abide in Thee. (Dag Hammarskjold)
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To the desert go prophets
I picked up a copy of Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, which is a fascinating read. At the beginning of each chapter he has some great quotes and I loved this one by Paul Shepard (from Man in the Landscape: A Historic View of the Esthetics of Nature) “To the desert to prophets and hermits; through deserts go pilgrims…
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The gift of his presence
They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” (Luke 24:32, NIV) The beauty of coming away in solitude is the gift of Christ himself.
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Sacred Idleness
Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness. – George MacDonald
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The freedom of solitude
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free. – Arthur Schopenhauer
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The beauty of solitude
We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship. -C.S. Lewis, Weight of Glory
Tag: Solitude
