Wisdom never learned silence, and it is most annoying when…

From that time forth he believed that the wise man is one who never sets himself apart from other living things, whether they have…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Few things under heaven bring more benefit than the lessons learned from silence and the actions taken without striving.

— Laozi

“I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant and kindness from the unkind. I should not be ungrateful to those teachers.…

— Lynelle Clark

“At the age of fifteen, he had already learned silence.”

— Frank Herbert

“He has learned that silence means the absolute balance of the body, spirit and soul. The man who preserves his unity will never be…

— Paulo Coelho

I have learned that trying again is important and decisivness is good. I have learned that silence hurts. I have learned about starting over…

— Sabrina Ward Harrison

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers

— Anonymous

I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strangely, I am ungrateful to these teachers.

— Kahlil Gibran

her spirits wanted the solitude and silence which only numbers could give.

— Jane Austen

The silence was part of the story I wanted to tell.

— Joyce Maynard

When you're standing around for an hour doing stand up it's no big deal but when you're standing around watching a show for an…

— Joe Rogan

The book it reminded me of most is Henry Miller’s The Books in My Life. Like Miller, Shields manages to convey his affection for…

— Andre Alexis

At Epcot Center the Disney corporation has focused its attention on two things greatly in need of Disneyfication: the tedious future and the annoying…

— P. J. O'Rourke

The trouble is. . .that everybody sneers at restrictions and demands freedom, till something annoying happens; then they demand angrily what has become of…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

Why couldn't Jesus command us to obsess over everything, to try to control and manipulate people, to try not to breathe at all, or…

— Anne Lamott