Silence

• Websters 1828 Dictionary 
•  In a general sense, stillness, or entire absence of sound or noise; as the silence of midnight. 
• Silence is stillness, and it is without noise. The silence of midnight is something you can envision in your head as well as something you can experience.
• Stillness:  hush, serenity, and tranquility.  Noise: blast or commotion.

•  Stillness; calmness; quiet; cessation of rage, agitation or tumult; as the elements reduced to silence
• Once again, stillness along with calmness and quiet. Loudness is reduced to silence.
• Calmness: composure and patience. Quiet: muted or soft. Reduced: decreased, diminished or shortened.  

• Quotes
• "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
• God has blessed us with this beautiful earth that is full of peace and silence. If we 

•   "As we attend the temple, there can come to us a dimension of spirituality and a feeling of peace."
• President Thomas S Monson 

•  Scriptures
•  For so great was the astonishment of the people that they did cease lamenting and howling for the loss of their kindred which had been slain; therefore there was silence in all the land for the space of many hours. 
• 3 Nephi 10:2
• Many times before Christ comes or talks to the people there is a great silence. I believe that before we talk to God through prayer or read the scriptures for answers that we should sit in silence for just a minute and calm ourselves and listen.

• My Personal Definition
• Silence is being quiet. Being quiet does not mean all around us is quiet. When something is silent we can feel the quiet around us, there is no noise. 
• Silence bring peace. Before a class or test or study time I like to have some silent time to bring peace into the room. There is already so much contention and noise in the world that we do not need to add to it with noise in our homes and relationships. Often times the best way to bring peace is to be silent. 
• Listening is a big part of silence. There is a time to talk and a time to listen. When everyone is talking at once the noise only grows and the contention grows and the frustration grows. You cannot seek to understand if you insist on talking.