Silence Quotes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Silence is a great peacemaker.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Silence and solitude, the soul's best friends.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Only a look and a voice; then darkness again and silence.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Three silences there are: the first of speech, the second of desire, the third of thought.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

And when the echoes had ceased, like a sense of pain was the silence.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

What shall I say to you? What can I say Better than silence is?

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The surest pledge of a deathless name Is the silent homage of thoughts unspoken.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

If spring came but once a century instead of once a year, or burst forth with the sound of an earthquake and…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

What discord we should bring into the universe if our prayers were all answered. Then we should govern the world and not…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The holiest of all holidays are those Kept by ourselves in silence and apart; The secret anniversaries of the heart, When the…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

...for it is the fate of a woman Long to be patient and silent, to wait like a ghost that is speechless,…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

That was the first sound in the song of love! Scarce more than silence is, and yet a sound. Hands of invisible…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

More hearts are breaking in this world of ours Than one would say. In distant villages And solitudes remote, where winds have…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Let us labor for an inward stillness-- An inward stillness and an inward healing. That perfect silence where the lips and heart…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Patience; accomplish thy labor; accomplish thy work of affection! Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike. Therefore accomplish thy…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

How absolute and omnipotent is the silence of night! And yet the stillness seems almost audible! From all the measureless depths of…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Ah, how wonderful is the advent of the Spring!—the great annual miracle… which no force can stay, no violence restrain, like love,…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

For in the night, unseen, a single warrior, In sombre harness mailed, Dreaded of man, and surnamed the Destroyer, The rampart wall…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow