It is necessary in order to develop a deeper consciousness and outlook on things that understands in silence the movements of Nature in oneself and others and is not moved or disturbed or superficially interested and drawn into an external movement. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/speech-and-yoga#p45</ref>
== Identification with the Divine ==
It is in the silence of complete identification with the Divine that true understanding is obtained. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/silence#p24</ref>
In peace and inner silence you will more and more become conscious of the constant Presence. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/peace#p18</ref>
None can say to the Divine, "I have known Thee", and yet all carry Him in themselves, and in the silence of their soul can hear the echo of the Divine's voice. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/relationship-with-the-divine#p6</ref>
In the perfect silence of the contemplation all widens to infinity, and in the perfect peace of that silence the Divine appears in the resplendent glory of His light. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/silence#p14</ref>
It is obviously in the silence of the mind that it is possible to perceive the Divine Command. The true way of knowing is above words and thoughts. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/10/aphorism-262-263-264#p6</ref>
Truth is above mind; it is in silence that one can enter into communication with it. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/truth-is-above-mind#p21</ref>
Silence all outside noise, aspire for the Divine's help; open integrally to it then it comes and surrender to its action, and it will effectively bring about your transformation. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/15/transformation#p29</ref>
Feeling alone in the midst of human beings is the sign that you are beginning to feel the need to find in your own being contact with the Divine Presence. So you must concentrate in silence and try to enter deep within to discover the Divine Presence in the depths of your consciousness, beyond all mental activity. (The Mother, 16 December 1971) <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/16/16-december-1971#p1</ref>
= How to Practice Silence? =