Silence Quotes
With silence favor me. Favete Linguis.Horace
Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead therefore we must learn both arts.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
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
I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.Publilius Syrus
No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.Alice Walke
We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.Martin Luther King, Jr.
Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.Charles Simic
A leader must be constantly aware of the power of his words.... and his silences.Simon MacDonald
The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world is the highest applause.Ralph Waldo Emerson
A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence.Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy
Silence is the true friend that never betrays.Confucius
Truth is not only violated by falsehood it may be outraged by silence.Henri Frdric Amiel
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
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
Silence is one of the great arts of conversation, as allowed by Cicero himself, who says, there is not only an art, but an eloquence in it. A well bred woman may easily and effectually promote the most useful and elegant conversation without speaking a word. The modes of speech are scarcely more variable than the modes of silence.Tom Blai
Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away - And leaves behind only silence.Pam Brown
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
I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.Kahlil Gibran
Silence makes the real conversation between friends. Not the saying, but the never needing to say is what counts.Margaret Lee Runbeck
My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.Edith Sitwell
In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.Meister Eckhart
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; Yet strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.Kahlil Gibron
Silence is a text easy to misread.A. A. Attanasio
Much silence and a good disposition, there are no two things better than these.Prophet Mohammed, Bukhari
Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about.Saskya Pandita
Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.Beckett
The Diplomat sits in silence, watching the world with his ears.Leon Samson
You may regret your silence once, but you will regret your words often.Ian Gabirol
Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.Robert Fripp
There are grammatical errors even in his silence.Stanislaw J. Lec, "Unkempt Thoughts".
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
Silence is more musical than any song.Christina Rossetti
Once you permit those who are convinced of their own superior rightness to censor and silence and suppress those who hold contrary opinions, just at that moment the citadel has been surrendered. For the American citadel is a man. Not man in general. Not man in the abstract. Not the majority of men. But man. That man. His worth. His uniqueness.Archibald MacLeish
We believe that the applause of silence is the only kind that counts.Alfred Jarry
Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.Plutarch
The most profound statements are often said in silence.Lynn Johnston, For Better or For Worse, 01 - 15 - 04
