Mother Teresa Silence Quotations

The beginning of prayer is silence ...

Silence came before creation, and the heavens were spread without a word

The first requirement for prayer is silence. People of prayer are people of silence.

Listen in silence because if your heart is full of other things you cannot hear the voice of God

God speaks in the silence of the heart.

I always begin my prayer in silence, for it is in the silence of the heart that God speaks. God is the friend of silence-we need to listen to God because it's not what we say but what He says to us and through us that matters.

Souls of prayer are souls of great silence

In ... silence we find a new energy and a real unity. God's energy becomes our, allowing us to perform things well.

As for me, the silence and the emptiness is so great, that I look and do not see, — Listen and do not hear — the tongue moves but does not speak … I want you to pray for me — that I let Him have free hand.

Silence gives us a new way of looking at something.

In the silence of the heart God speaks. If you face God in prayer and silence, God will speak to you. Then you will know that you are nothing. It is only when you realize your nothingness, your emptiness, that God can fill you with Himself. Souls of prayer are souls of great silence.

The beginning of prayer is silence. If we really want to pray we must first learn to listen, for in the silence of the heart God speaks. And to be able to see that silence, to be able to hear God we need a clean heart; for a clean heart can see God, can hear God, can listen to God; and then only from the fullness of our heart can we speak to God. But we cannot speak unless we have listened, unless we have made that connection with God in the silence of our heart.

In the silence of our hearts, God speaks of His love; with our silence, we allow Jesus to love us.

Silence gives us a new outlook on everything. We need silence to be able to touch souls. The essential thing is not what we say but what God says to us and through us.

It is only when you realize your nothingness, your emptiness, that God can fill you with Himself.