“The people’s silence is a tyrant’s greatest advocate. The less captives talked, the less they knew; the less they knew, the more… — John Kramer Copy Share Image
“I saw their mouths going up and down without a sound, as if they were sitting on the deck of a departing… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“The last footfall dies into silence. The stillness tingles with the aftermath of noise. All around stand the new cornstacks, unfamiliar shadows,… — Adrian Bell Copy Share Image
“..when you just sit in silence the wind blows through you, the sun shines in you and you realize you are not… — Anita Krizzan Copy Share Image
Film is really the one art form that can effectively use silence. Music and theater can play with silence, but they can't… — Walter Murch Copy Share Image
I feel like there are too many words in the world, and I think silence is so much more powerful than the… — Peter Orner Copy Share Image
People dread silence because it is transparent; like clear water, which reveals every obstacle—the used, the dead, the drowned, silence reveals the… — Janet Frame Copy Share Image
At that point, Noriko finally breaks down and begins to cry sobbing into her hands as the floodgates open - this young… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
Don't waste words with people who deserve your silence, Sometimes the most powerful thing you can say is nothing at all. — Mandy Hale Copy Share Image
One should aim, seriously, at disregarding ups and downs; a compliment here, silence there ... the central fact remains stable, which is… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“Le silence eternel des ces espaces infinis m'effraie - The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.” — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
It is a noble and great thing to cover the blemishes and excuse the failings of a friend; to draw a curtain… — Robert South Copy Share Image
No joy for which thy hungering heart has panted, No hope it cherishes through waiting years, But if thou dost deserve it,… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copy Share Image
Sometimes silence can be a very powerful tool for making others feel for their mistakes. — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
Bullies: How the Left's Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences Americans — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
“come, ancient and unchanging night Night, born as dethroned king, Night, internally equal to silence, Night. With sequins of volatile starlight Woven… — Pierre Péju Copy Share Image
Nothing marks the change from the city to the country so much as the absence of grinding noises. The country is never… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The secret to living in the rush of the world with a minimum of pain is to get as many people as… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
Whenever we moderns pause for a moment, and enter the silence, and listen very carefully, the glimmer of our deepest nature begins… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
“At times, love is silent because of too much hurt or too much care. At all times, love is the strongest voice… — Soar Soaring-Words.com Copy Share Image
In Maine we have a saying that there's no point in speaking unless you can improve on silence. — Edmund Muskie Copy Share Image