Silence is the safest policy if you are unsure of yourself. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Universal silence is taken to imply the consent of the people. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Like a long-legged fly upon the stream / His mind moves upon silence. — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
We have never escaped a certain male cultural desire for women's silence. — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
Open your mouth only if what you are going to say is more beautiful than silence. — Ash Sweeney Copy Share Image
If you believe the noises of the world, rather than the silences of your soul, you will be lost. — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
Don't consider my silence as your victory, you never know what price you are going to pay for it — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Being a leader for me is about having the courage to speak the truth, and live the truth, despite attempts to silence… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
The silence is the worst part of any fight, because it's made up of all the things we wish we could say,… — Pete Wentz Copy Share Image
Sometimes We Maintain Silence To Protect A Beautiful Relation, But , We Forget ... ...Too Much Of Silence Creates A Distance In… — SHy BOy Copy Share Image
Individuals bearing witness cannot do the work of social movements, but they can break a corrosive and demoralizing silence. — Ellen Willis Copy Share Image
I am attracted to ellipsis, to the unsaid, to suggestion, to eloquent, deliberate silence. The unsaid, for me, exerts great power: often… — Louise Glück Copy Share Image
When I'm sitting at the desk not being able to write line one, it's silence and despair! It's not so easy to… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
He wondered if what he had taken for the richness of silence was really the poverty of never being heard [...]. How… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
“I said a silent prayer. Actually, silent is probably the only type of prayer a guy should attempt when his head's in… — Andrew Smith Copy Share Image
I have great love for St. Joseph, because he is a man of silence and strength. On my table I have a… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
On September 11, people were shaken, but they quickly calmed down. There was a flash of awareness, which lasted a few fractions… — Rene Girard Copy Share Image
I have often said that domestic violence is characterised by silence: of the abused, of the abuser and of those who don't… — Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall Copy Share Image
Without our familiar props, we are faced with just ourselves, a person we do not know, an unnerving stranger with whom we… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
We thank Him less by words than by the serene happiness of silent acceptance. It is our emptiness in the presence of… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Words stand between silence and silence: between the silence of things and the silence of our own being. Between the silence of… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
The holiest of all holidays are those Kept by ourselves in silence and apart; The secret anniversaries of the heart, When the… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
I'm so thrilled to have been asked to guest in the Doctor Who Christmas Special, I'm such a fan of the show.… — Nick Frost Copy Share Image
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