“… for it is the fate of a woman Long to be patient and silent, to wait like a ghost that is speechless,… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Clouds passing in the sky, Like thoughts in your own universe. You still know that the sun is shining behind those clouds,… — Nanne Nyander Copy Share Image
Meditation is to be aware of every thought and of every feeling, never to say it is right or wrong, but just… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
He went out with a variety of women, slept with some of them, hated the whole meaningless process. Drinks, dinners, plays and… — Ken Grimwood Copy Share Image
“Frustration, too evident in the cement clench of his jaw. Distance, the ethereal detached from the flesh and bone. Impatience, in the… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
It is strange to be here. The mystery never leaves you alone. Behind your image, below your words, above your thoughts, the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To all who want to accomplish something I say, Go into the silence regularly for power and wisdom to accomplish. — Elizabeth Towne Copy Share Image
Where the storyteller is loyal, eternally and unswervingly loyal to the story, there, in the end, silence will speak. Where the story… — Isak Dinesen Copy Share Image
Sometimes there is a greater lack of communication in facile talking than in silence. — Faith Baldwin Copy Share Image
“There's a bond that forms over a sink, where the silences seem natural and the conversation is broken up with practical exchanges… — Lisa Beazley Copy Share Image
“There was another silence while they stared at one another, nose to nose, but this silence was a whole quantum level of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Why should we defend ourselves when we are misunderstood and misjudged? Let us leave that aside. Let us not say anything. It… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
The silence is the worst part of any fight, because it's made up of all the things we wish we could say,… — Pete Wentz Copy Share Image
Silence is the best answer of all questions and Smile is the best reaction in all situations. Unfortunately both never help in… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
Her heart is broken, her eyes are soakin, it's tearing her apart with words unspoken. — Raghib Clitso Copy Share Image
“During congregational silences, in meditation rooms or halls, in prison cells and meeting rooms, in silent confession at church, all these screwed-up… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Into the void of silence, into the empty space of nothing, the joy of life is unfurled. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“If an audience kept complete silence during a challenge parable from Jesus and if an audience filed past him afterward saying, 'Lovely… — John Dominic Crossan Copy Share Image
Secrets are actually the Truth, embedded by Fear, which is protected by Silence, and when infiltrated, ends up being defended by Lies. — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
“Enough of invisibility, silence, timidity, defensiveness, guilt! An invisible, silenced man was an empty space into which others could pour their prejudices,… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
If anyone can learn anything, they can learn how to appreciate silence and stop every now and then. — Melody Gardot Copy Share Image
Provence off the beaten track offers silence, stillness, sweet scents, eagles, chestnuts, endless avenues shaded by plane trees, fabulous walking, cycle tracks… — Carol Drinkwater Copy Share Image
“Silence was my sister's weapon. When people hurt or angered her, she never got loud like Mom or mean and smart-ass like… — Sam J. Miller Copy Share Image
It is the mysterious that I love in painting. It is the stillness and the silence. I want my pictures to take… — William Baziotes Copy Share Image
And death, that sits in marble silence cold, Will furnish hope to those who may behold The meaning in the everlasting change… — Austin O'Malley Copy Share Image
“The young, brash and impatient, must always break the silence. It is a waste, for silence is pure. Silence is holy. It… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“Your darkness is a symphony Played in explosions of silence to a crowd that has fallen in love with noise If they… — Christopher Poindexter Copy Share Image
“The more man advances in the mystery of God, the more he loses speech. Man is enveloped in a power of love,… — Robert Sarah Copy Share Image
“It’s the silence that scares me. It’s the blank page on which I can write my own fears.” — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
Well, Ma, see... there's this girl." Silence. He checked to make sure the call hadn't been dropped. "You still there, Ma?" A… — Julie James Copy Share Image
NOISE, n. A stench in the ear. Undomesticated music. The chief product and authenticating sign of civilization. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
It is ill-manners to silence a fool and cruelty to let him go on — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
There's an unspoken understanding that comes when you communicate through nothing but pure silence. — Dru Stone Copy Share Image
“In the forest, in the forest, silence had cast a spell over all things. She plucked a great bouquet of daffodils and… — Katherine Mansfield Copy Share Image
“The more you know, the less you talk. The less you talk, the more you know.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“One feels even in the midst of the traffic, or waking at night, Clarissa was positive, a particular hush, or solemnity; an… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image