Kimya ni hali ya kukosa sauti yoyote au kama ipo si ya kuvuruga nafsi. Ingawa kinaweza kuonekana kinyume cha mawasiliano, kinaweza kikawa na ujumbe wake (mzuri au mbaya) ulio muhimu kwa wengine. Ndiyo sababu kinatumika katika taratibu mbalimbali, kama vile za ibada au za kukumbuka marehemu. Vilevile, katikati ya hotuba, kimya kinaweza kuchangia utoaji na upokeaji wa maneno. Kimya kinasaidia kutafakari, hivyo kinazingatiwa hasa katika monasteri, ambapo kinaratibiwa kwa makini ili kimya cha nje kichangie kimya cha ndani, yaani utulivu wa moyo mbele ya Mungu. Silence | Define Silence at Dictionary.com. Dictionary.reference.com. Iliwekwa mnamo 2013-08-15. See Stephen Palmquist, Ontology and the Wonder of Silence, Part Four of The Tree of Philosophy (Hong Kong: Philopsychy Press, 2000. See also "Silence as the Ultimate Fulfillment of the Philosophical Quest", Journal Hekmat Va Falsafeh, (Journal of Wisdom and Philosophy), Issue 6 (August 2006), pp.67–76. Britain Yearly Meeting, "Quaker Faith and Practice" Archived 2 Desemba 2013 at the Wayback Machine.