Poems on Silence

Silence, silence, silence.
Silence awakens the sleeping seeker in me.
Silence enlightens the aspiring seeker in me.
Silence fulfils the self-giving seeker in me. Silence, silence, silence.

Sri Chinmoy. (from Compassion-Sea And Satisfaction-Waves)

Silence is not silent.
Silence speaks.
It speaks most eloquently.
Silence is not still.
Silence leads.
It leads most perfectly.

 Sri Chinmoy (from Sound Becomes, Silence Is)

Silence is wisdom,
Silence is truth,
Silence is the beauty and fragrance
Of Heaven.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 42

What you can do:
You can criticise silence,
You can ignore silence.
What you cannot do:
You cannot sit even one fleeting minute
In silence.
Yet one day
It is you and you alone
Who will marry silence
And become inseparably one
With silence-sky.

Sri Chinmoy (The Wings Of Light, Part 14)

 Silence
Speaks the truth.
Silence
Can never be misquoted.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 22

Quotes on Silence by Sri Chinmoy

Silence, silence, silence. Silence awakens the sleeping seeker in me. Silence enlightens the aspiring seeker in me. Silence fulfils the self-giving seeker in me. Silence, silence, silence.

Sri Chinmoy, Compassion-sea and satisfaction-waves, Agni Press, 1992

“An ordinary man thinks either that silence cannot be achieved or that it is of no avail. But a seeker knows that silence can be achieved on the strength of his inner cry. He also knows that silence is of tremendous importance, for without silence we cannot see the face of Truth or grow into the very image of Truth and Light. Silence is within but we have to discover it. Unless and until we discover our inner silence, we cannot feel that we are of God and for God. Inner silence is not just the absence of thoughts. No! Silence is the blossoming of our indomitable inner will. Silence is our inner wisdom-light. This wisdom-light is our conscious and constant surrender to the Will of our Inner Pilot, who inspires us, encourages us and guides us to the Shores of the Golden Beyond. “

– Sri Chinmoy, Fifty Freedom-Boats to One Golden Shore, part 3