Book · 2025 · Self-Help
Learning from Silence
A spiritual guide to the benefits of silence, from the bestselling author of The Art of Stillness
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Well Pico I think anyone who reads your book a flame learning from Silence will will Come Away with even just a little smidgen of of inner peace.
Why people recommend it
Learning from Silence by Pico Iyer is a reflective memoir chronicling the author's decades-long visits to a Benedictine hermitage in Big Sur, California, in search of inner peace and contemplation. The book was frequently highlighted on The Book Review by Gilbert Cruz across multiple episodes. Cruz initially anticipated its release among early-year reading lists, later interviewed the author on the podcast, and ultimately recommended the memoir to listeners, noting that anyone who reads the work will come away with at least a small measure of inner peace. Cruz also reflected on reading the memoir alongside other contemplative works, emphasizing its thematic exploration of solitude, spiritual retreat, and the profound human need for quietude in a chaotic world. Through these discussions, the podcast underscored the gentle, transformative power of Iyer's prose and his deep engagement with monastic traditions. The book stands out as a poignant meditation on the value of stepping away from modern noise to cultivate stillness, offering readers a thoughtful guide to finding sanctuary within themselves through deliberate encounters with silence and introspection.
Every mention
Gilbert Cruz well Pico I think anyone who reads your book a flame learning from Silence will will Come Away with even ju… 4
“Earlier this year, I read a memoir, a piece of non-fiction by Pico Ayer. The title of that was A Flame Learning from Silence, and I interviewed him on this podcast, and it was a memoir about his visits over decades to a Benedicting hermitage in in Big Su, California.”
“we're talking about a flame learning from Silence”
“well Pico I think anyone who reads your book a flame learning from Silence will will Come Away with even just a little smidgen of of inner peace”
“there's a book that I think by this point will have just come out called a flame learning from Silence”
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“he writes about those retreats in his new book a flame learning from Silence”
“that was my lovely conversation with pico a about his new book a flame learning from Silence”