“ellipsis, he’d been told, could literally be translated as ‘to hide behind silence’. It’s fascinating stuff, he said.” — Rachel Cusk Copy Share Image
“Silence speaks in vibes, not sentences. So stop repeating yourself to those who continue to dis your warning signals.” — T.F. Hodge Copy Share Image
Silence is the root of everything. If you spiral into its void a hundred voices will thunder messages you long to hear. — Rumi Copy Share Image
“An envy of that one consummate part Swept me, who mock. Whether I laugh or weep, Some inner silences are at my… — Leonie Adams Copy Share Image
The equivalent of external noise is the inner noise of thinking. The equivalent of external silence is inner stillness. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
We are contented with our day when we have been able to bear our grief in silence, and act as if we… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
A man seeking publicity works with the noise of voice; A man working for humanity seeks the silence of rejoice in life. — Anuj Copy Share Image
“A life, a history, whole patterns of existence altered, simply by doing nothing. The silent lie. The act of omission.” — Aminatta Forna Copy Share Image
“There was silence for a moment as Gabe processed what he had just heard. He tried to convince himself there had to… — Wendy Owens Copy Share Image
it is not wise to keep the fire going under a slander unless you can get some large advantage out of keeping… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
To become an an effective listener, you need to learn the power of silence. Silence gives you the opportunity to think about… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's a very strange silence that I'm living in right now. It's a silence that has a lot of activity and noise… — Gary Busey Copy Share Image
Meditation is the only way you can grow. Because when you meditate, you are in silence, you are in thoughtless awareness. Then… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“A true romance is not something that happens between the skins. It is something that burns our souls beautifully and leaves us… — Akshay Vasu Copy Share Image
Rhage exhaled slowly, air easing out of his nose. As he sank into his skin, he reveled in the perfection of peace.… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
This is how most stories end in the hospital. Not with crash carts and sirens and electric shocks to the chest, but… — Jacob M. Appel Copy Share Image
“We start home, his hand on my leg again and my hand over his. We are quiet, but this time it's the… — Brad Barkley Copy Share Image
“It is so simple, yet so hard for some people to do. If you want someone out of your life then you… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
What feeling feels like over time. An attempt to screw up what feeling feels like over time. Heartbreak and a high C....… — Stephen Dunn Copy Share Image
At this young age I am already sold on the idea of the dog. One of God's absolutely greatest inventions and one… — Rick Springfield Copy Share Image
As a producer, it starts when I talk about privacy and silence. It starts before anybody believes in it. And I think… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Then I felt that every inflection of my voice, every word in my mouth, was a lie, a play whose sole purpose… — Ingmar Bergman Copy Share Image
Contradictions have always existed in the soul of [individuals]. But it is only when we prefer analysis to silence that they become… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Again, now, now, again Plashes the rain in heavy gouts, The crinkled lightning Seems ever brightening... And loud and long Again the… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
“When one has an urge to say something but wouldn't quite know 'what' & 'how' .. it is better to let it remain unsaid.” — Neena Verma Copy Share Image
“We sat there in silence. A masculine silence. Thick and strong. Oh, I'm full of shit. We were terrified and clueless.” — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
The silence inside of you is the sound of your knowledge collapsing. Remember, it is you who said, 'I want to be… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
I was not brave enough to tell my feelings to her but now she made me brave enough to watch her loving… — Alexia Copy Share Image
Stars open among the lilies. Are you not blinded by such expressionless sirens? This is the silence of astounded souls. — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
The stone is a mirror which works poorly. Nothing in it but dimness. Your dimness or its dimness, who's to say? In… — Charles Simic Copy Share Image
Such were garrulous and noisy eras, which no longer yield any sound, but the Grecian or silent and melodious era is ever… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Prayer is like a secret garden made up of silence and rest and inwardness. But there are a thousand and one doors… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
Being a leader for me is about having the courage to speak the truth, and live the truth, despite attempts to silence… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
Silence is not solution. It reflects ones inner guilt & self doubt.Be open to given situation.Life will be easy otherwise inner guilt… — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
“Finally, a bold announcement across the screen declared The End. ... She resent it, The End. She resented the silence that followed… — Abby Slovin Copy Share Image
In the current environment, we find it very difficult to defend America, and so we keep our silence. Because, to be very… — Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud Copy Share Image
When I'm away from a red carpet, I'm a big introvert, I'm very quiet, and I like to sit in silence at… — Kate McKinnon Copy Share Image
When kindness comes at the expense of truth, it is not a kindness worth having. And when generosity leads to silence or… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
“It was quiet, deeply so, but it was the kind of quiet that lived and moved and changed, filled to the brim… — Amy Zhang Copy Share Image
Sometimes Its better to keep silent than to tell others what you feel, Because it hurts badly when you come to know… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
![“Contradictions have always existed in the soul of [individuals]. But it is only when we prefer analysis to silence that they become a constant and insoluble problem. We are not meant to resolve all contradictions but to live with them and rise above them and see them in the light of exterior and…” quote by Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ee9/thomas-merton-231_analysis_contradictions-have-always-existed-in-th_1336538.jpg)
