Silence Quotes · Page 89

Sometimes there is a greater lack of communication in facile talking than in silence.

— Faith Baldwin

Her heart is broken, her eyes are soakin, it's tearing her apart with words unspoken.

— Raghib Clitso

“The world is the ever-changing foam that floats on the surface of a sea of silence.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

“...But the child's sob in silence curses deeper / Than the strong man in his wrath.”

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“It was not a silence, just a quiet, the indrawn breath that comes before the shout.”

— George R.R. Martin

Silence and darkness fills my night. I pray for light, as I kiss the world goodnight.

— Anonymous

Silence is wisdom. Close your eyes and you will find more truth than what others say.

— Jeremy Limn

Me and my big mouth! I'd get rid of it, only it's such a handy place to keep my teeth.

— Jimmy Durante

Inner silence is not just the absence of thoughts. No! Silence is the blossoming of our indomitable inner will. Silence is our…

— Sri Chinmoy

Words are so many things, a weapon both for destroying and healing but sometimes silences is needed, that way you can really…

— AmyD

The air seemed poisoned with fear and hatred. People eyed on another suspiciously, and the streets smelled of a silence that knotted…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“...all winter the acorns and red Maple leaf moldered in silence - in the same way grief is gnawing at me -…

— John Geddes

Back of the sound broods the silence, back of the gift stands the giving; Back of the hand that receives thrill the…

— Richard Realf

Solitude is a silent storm that breaks down all our dead branches; yet it sends our living roots deeper into the living…

— Khalil Gibran

Do you want to change the world? Then change yourself first. Do you want to change yourself? Then remain completely silent inside…

— Sri Chinmoy

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his…

— T. S. Eliot

Silence is essential for deep transformation. It allows the practice of conscious breathing to become deep and effective. Like still water that…

— Nhat Hanh

We thank Him less by words than by the serene happiness of silent acceptance. It is our emptiness in the presence of…

— Thomas Merton

I am, quite clearly, no fan of PETA or its way of thinking - but that doesn't mean that I want the…

— Kat Timpf

I’ll tell you now. That silence almost beat me. It’s the silence that scares me. It’s the blank page on which I…

— Mark Lawrence

With comedy, it's a combination of knowing the comedic beat was good - it made you laugh, it made people on the…

— Chris Pratt

Being away a lot on tour means that my family has to suffer an inordinate amount of overcompensation, as I return home…

— Romesh Ranganathan

And yet the world we live in-its divisions and conflicts, its widening gap between rich and poor, its seemingly inexplicable outbursts of…

— Adam Hochschild

In place of our exhaustion and spiritual fatigue, God will give us rest. All He asks is that we come to Him...that…

— Charles R. Swindoll

“Silence is a language in itself. Perhaps the loudest and most beautiful of them all!”

— Tina Sequeira

I have come to the conclusion that silence and time are the most precious commodities.

— Eloisa James

Sometimes the best thing to say is nothing, some people are not even worth your words.

— Anonymous

Smile is a way of solving many problems while silence is a way to avoid many problems!

— Zahradeen

Kerosene," he said, because the silence had lengthened, "is nothing but perfume to me.

— Ray Bradbury

Sometimes tears are a sign of unspoken happiness and a smile is a sign of silent pain.

— The Ultimate

When it comes to true humility in the face of history, nothing beats complete silence.

— Lev Grossman

If music is sound & came from silence, then silence is potentially greater than sound.

— Keith Jarrett

I shall leave the world without regret, for it hardly contains a single good listener.

— Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

“There’s silence, which I enjoy although it just about never happens, not completely.”

— Spencer Quinn

But in the secret history of anger--one man's silence / lives in the bodies of others.

— Ilya Kaminsky

Silence doesn't always mean yes. It also doesn't mean no, but it's better left unsaid.

— Anonymous

“New Rome will be destroyed By the attacks of new vandals. God always remains silent.”

— Dejan Stojanovic

Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion between supposed lovers

— Maynard James Keenan

Go Placidly, Amid the noise and Haste & Remember what peace there may be in silence...

— Max Ehrmann

He had occasional flashes of silence, that made his conversation perfectly delightful.

— Nikhil Saluja