Silence is more profitable unto thee than abundance of…

I reckon silence more profitable than speech, for? in the words of the Preacher, 'The words of wise men are heard in quiet' (Eccles. 9:17).

— Saint Basil

It occurred to me that my speech or my silence, indeed any action of mine, would be a mere futility.

— Joseph Conrad

As the Swiss inscription says: Sprechen ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden,- "Speech is silvern, Silence is golden;" or, as I might rather express it,…

— Anonymous

It is well, when in difficulties, to say never a word, neither black nor white. Speech is silver but silence is golden.

— Muriel Spark

Right speech comes out of silence and right silence comes out of speech.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.

— Ramana Maharshi

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity,…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Words are made of silver, but silence is made of gold.

— Portuguese Proverb

We should be sensitive to the thread of silence from which the tissue of speech is woven.

— Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Cities need old buildings so badly it is probably impossible for vigorous streets and districts to grow without them… for really new ideas of…

— Jane Jacobs

“There is nothing more profitable than the extreme avant garde.”

— Silvia Hartmann

The company must be profitable. Preferably it will have increased its earnings for the past five years and there will have been no deficits…

— Peter Cundill

For Scripture is the school of the Holy Spirit, in which, as nothing is omitted that is both necessary and useful to know, so…

— John Calvin

Poverty is curable, but it’s just not done, because it's not profitable. And that is the kind of violence that's perpetuated on humanity.

— Tom Morello

Some persons are so inclined to mortify themselves that at every opportunity they have, they do so. What a beautiful practice this is, and…

— Alphonsus Rodriguez