Badaracco, Joseph. Leading Quietly. Boston: HBS Press,

Let us have the luxury of silence.

— Jane Austen

The silent majority is silent, and that is best for everybody.

— Gerhard Kocher

I suppose he'll just have to do," she amended. "You'll have to suffer in silence with your male model...I feel for you." "Oh, stop…

— Alexandra Adornetto

If nothing that can be seen can either be God or represent Him to us as He is, then to find God we must…

— Thomas Merton

“So what did God say to me in the silence that morning? I’m not sure, but I think God said something like, Don’t try…

— Rachel Held Evans

True friendship is sitting together in silence and feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.

— Anonymous

“When all are one sentience, Language withers and fades away. Let's sit together and speak in silence, Let's be light to each other's way.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“Proverbs from the East: The wind howls, but the mountain remains still. Even though I make no special attempt to observe the discipline of…

— Susan Cain

Silence can be the world's strongest weapon in torturing people's emotions.

— Nishan Panwar

“I’m not like her. I don’t steal people.” Mr. Tibbalt watched her, saying nothing. The silence made Victoria bristle. “Well, I don’t.”

— Claire Legrand

“A word is not filling in the gaps, but the fertilization of silence.”

— Dejan Stojanovic

“SILENT LIKE SLEEP You appear by my side, silent like sleep. Soft hair, a little wild. No fear, gentle like a calm river. I…

— Donna Goddard

I just can’t, Nick, okay? Now, please give me a second to lie here in silence and bleed.” – Caleb

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

Alone in a world, With millions of souls Walking in circles Trapped in their dreams unhealthy, unclean walking in circles, now do not disturb…

— Chester Bennington

“I once asked you what anxiety felt like, and you told me that most days left you riddled with bullet holes. Every morning came…

— d.a.s