Silence is not the absence of sound, but the absence of…

Silence is not the absence of sound. It's a physical place, a destination with value and meaning in a chaotic world, somewhere arrived at…

— Kenneth Turan

Silence is not an absence of sound but rather a shifting of attention toward sounds that speak to the soul.

— Thomas Moore

Silence was not the absence of sound but was itself a sound that could be loud or soft, soothing or disturbing, complex or simple.

— Julius Lester

Silence must be comprehended as not solely the absence of sound. It is the natural environment for serenity and contemplation. Life without silence is…

— Norman Cousins

Silence has a myriad of meanings. In the theater, silence is an absence of words, but never an absence of meaning.

— Sanford Meisner

“In sound’s absence, silence echoes.”

— Margaret Weis

“Now there was nothing but awful, terrible silence. Sight is a sense outside and apart from the body, an image on the surface of…

— Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman

“I have no parents I make the heavens and earth my parents I have no home I make awareness my home I have no…

— Joseph Goldstein

Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the absence of self.

— Erwin McManus

A total absence of self-doubt is the first sign of insanity.

— Sandy Woodward

“The self cannot survive without love, and the self, starved of love, dies. The absence of self-love is shame, "just as cold is the…

— Gregory Boyle

The mass gross absence of sound in space is more than just silence.

— Gene Cernan

“It's more like an absence of sound, almost like nature holding its breath. Like those corny lines in movies where the hero says, "It's…

— Patricia Hamill

“Silence is not just the absence of sound: there is a sound called silence.”

— Haruki Murakami

You know music and sound design can be very powerful with how you use it but also the absence of sound can say a…

— James Wan