Silence Quotes
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.Aldous Huxley, "Music at Night", 1931
Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unhewn marble of a great sculpture.Aldous Huxley
Silence is a way of saying: we do not have to entertain each other; we are okay as we are.Martha Grimes, from Hotel Paradise, a novel
Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.Thomas Carlyle
True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.William Penn
If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.Vincent Van Gough
The eternal silence of these infinite spaces fills me with dread.Blaise Pascal
The price of seeing is silence.Marge Piercy, Circles in the Water "Intruding".
You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.John Viscount Morley
It struck him really that he had never so lived with her as during this period of her silence; the silence was a sacred hush, a finer clearer medium, in which her idiosyncrasies showed.Henry James, "The Ambassadors", Book Seventh, Chapter 3
Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose.Elisabeth Kubler - Ross
Accustomed to the veneer of noise, to the shibboleths of promotion, public relations, and market research, society is suspicious of those who value silence.John Lah
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.Josh Billings
Silence is the true friend that never betrays.Confucius
Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted the indifference of those who should have known better the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most that has made it possible for evil to triumph.Haile Selassie
The Diplomat sits in silence, watching the world with his ears.Leon Samson
Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - The dark apology for every error. The strong and virtuous admit no destiny. On earth conscience guides in heaven God watches. And destiny is but the phantom we invoke to silence the one and dethrone the other.Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer - Lytton
The best answer to answer to anger is silence.Author Unknown
No Voice; but oh! the silence sank like music on my heart.Samuel Taylor Coleridge
A warrior of light knows that he will hear an order in the silence of his heart that will guide him.Paulo Coelho, Manual of the Warrior of Light
Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.George Bernard Shaw
Anyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds himself silenced with surprising effectiveness. A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost never given a fair hearing.George Orwell
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.Pythagoras
My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.Edith Sitwell
Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away - And leaves behind only silence.Pam Brown
The only successful substitute for brains is silence.Unknown
It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence.Seneca
Lying is done with words and also with silence.Adrienne Rich
Some people talk because they think sound is more manageable than silence.Margaret Halsey
As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.Benjamin Franklin
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.Martin Luther King, Jr.
True silence is the rest of the mind it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.William Penn
Language exists only on the surface of our consciousness. The great human struggles are played out in silence and in the ability to express oneself.Franz Xavier Kroetz
Think, In mounting higher, The angels would press on us, and aspire To drop some golden orb of perfect song Into our deep, dear silence.Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.Publilius Syrus
In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in an clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.Mahatma Gandhi
Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.Beckett
