Silence Quotes · Page 95

“A life, a history, whole patterns of existence altered, simply by doing nothing. The silent lie. The act of omission.”

— Aminatta Forna

The loudest sound on earth, she thought, is a man with nothing to do.

— Barbara Kingsolver

Silently hear everyone. Accept what is good. Reject and forget what is not. This is intelligent living.

— Chinmayananda Saraswati

“The daggers of silence last longer than anything ever spoken.”

— Shannon L. Alder

“However much silence you behold, that amount of intellect will stop.”

— Dada Bhagwan

Silence doesn't always mean yes. It also doesn't mean no, but it's better left unsaid.

— Anonymous

“And the Sphinx broke its long silence: "Don't expect too much.”

— Carl Sandberg

If I could prescribe only one remedy for all the ills of the modern world, I would prescribe silence.

— Soren Kierkegaard

“The Piper's playing again, and there's a full orchestra.' There was a long silence as Andrew deciphered the cryptic statement. 'A FULL…

— D.J. Stutley

Everything that's created comes out of silence. Your thoughts emerge from the nothingness of silence. Your words come out of this void.…

— Wayne Dyer

“There are few things sadder in this life than watching someone walk away after they've left you. Watching the distance between your…

— Laura Zigman

Secret to what?" "Secret to shutting you up," he said. "I just have to beat you till you're half-dead, then give you…

— Ilona Andrews

Silence... is the essence of the music itself, the vital ingredient that makes it possible for the music to exist at all.

— Alfred Brendel

Your mind is the greatest home entertainment center ever created. It requires contemplative silence to really discover who you truly are. You…

— Mark Victor Hansen

How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of…

— John Milton

“We don’t need a list of rights and wrongs, tables of dos and don’ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt…

— Philip Pullman

White hate crimes, white hate speech. I still try to claim I wasn't brought up to hate. But hate isn't the half…

— Adrienne Rich

“There’s an organic grocery store just off the highway exit. I can’t remember the last time I went shopping for food.” A…

— Becca Fitzpatrick

The highest level of prayer is not a prayer for anything. It is a deep and profound silence, in which we allow…

— Marianne Williamson

As Paretsky detailed in her short memoir Writing in an Age of Silence (2007), early optimism buoyed by the civil rights movement…

— Sarah Weinman

“A year later we were in a coffee shop, the kind taking a last stand against Starbucks with its thrift-store chairs, vegan…

— Julie Buxbaum

I am a strange compound of weakness and resolution! However, if I must suffer, I will endeavour to suffer in silence. There…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

Dont you just hate that? uncomfortable silences. why do we feel it's necessary to talk about bull in order to be comfortable?…

— Anonymous

“In the seventh century, Isaac the Syrian wrote about 'stillness,' which in his writings has been summarized as 'a deliberate denial of…

— Kenneth Bailey

Silence is only commendable In a neat's tongue dried, and a maid not vendible.

— William Shakespeare

Every generation deals with the breaking down of its tradition, and I think that they rediscovered the film.

— Norman Jewison

Silence is a girls loudest cry u know she is really hurt when she starts ignoring u

— Anonymous

“The Invisible World reveals to us this Truth within its silence.”

— Jacqueline Ripstein

You might be a redneck if you think Silence of the Lambs is what happens when Larry walks out to the barn.

— Jeff Foxworthy

Only when there are many people who are pools of peace, silence, understanding, will war disappear.

— Rajneesh

It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.

— Kin Hubbard

Even in the most beautiful music there are some silences, which are there so we can witness the importance of silence.

— Andrea Bocelli

Words can hurt others, but sometimes, silence hurts even more than words.

— Nishan Panwar

“Just because a person is silent doesn’t mean there’s no message.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

“Silence can be lovely or disturbing, depending on the source.”

— Melody Lee

“An empty house has its own special silence. It is like a great held breath.”

— Anne Rivers Siddons

The more you talk, the more likely you are to sin. If you are wise, you will keep quiet.

— Anonymous

“Silence which in breaking up at dawn will speak differently.”

— Juan Ramón Jiménez

Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a mark of folly.

— Benjamin Franklin

The holiest of holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart; The secret anniversaries of the heart.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow