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title: "502 Silence is Quotes by 349 authors"
description: "Browse 502 Silence is quotes by 349 authors. Discover the best Silence is sayings and thoughts."
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> [Nothing is more useful than silence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/nothing-is-more-useful-than-silence/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Silence is deeply important in all of our lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-quinn/silence-is-deeply-important-in-all-of-our-lives/)

[Sally Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-quinn/)

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> [All silence is. All emptiness. And now: The dawn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/all-silence-is-all-emptiness-and-now-the-dawn/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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> [Speech is silver, silence is golden.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/speech-is-silver-silence-is-golden/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Silence is the best reply to a fool.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/silence-is-the-best-reply-to-a-fool/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Silence is my weapon, silence is my shield.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-riggs/silence-is-my-weapon-silence-is-my-shield/)

[Marlon Riggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-riggs/)

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> [Sometimes silence is a habit that hurts?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-l-konigsburg/sometimes-silence-is-a-habit-that-hurts/)

[E. L. Konigsburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-l-konigsburg/)

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> [Silence isn't golden. It's yellow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zell-miller/silence-isn-t-golden-it-s-yellow/)

[Zell Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zell-miller/)

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> [Quiet is the absence of sound. Silence is the presence of silence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fripp/quiet-is-the-absence-of-sound-silence-is-the-presence-of-silence/)

[Robert Fripp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fripp/)

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> [Maybe silence is something we're uncomfortable with as a culture, I don't know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anton-yelchin/maybe-silence-is-something-we-re-uncomfortable-with-as-a-culture-i/)

[Anton Yelchin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anton-yelchin/)

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> [Silence is an empty space, space is the home of the awakened mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/silence-is-an-empty-space-space-is-the-home-of-the-awakened-mind/)

[Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/)

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> [Silence is complicity. Speak now or surrender your ground.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-malkin/silence-is-complicity-speak-now-or-surrender-your-ground/)

[Michelle Malkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-malkin/)

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> [It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/it-is-not-easy-to-keep-silent-when-silence-is-a-lie/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

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> [Silence is the best substitute for brains ever invented.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-f-ashurst/silence-is-the-best-substitute-for-brains-ever-invented/)

[Henry F. Ashurst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-f-ashurst/)

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> [It is difficult to live among people because silence is so difficult.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/it-is-difficult-to-live-among-people-because-silence-is-so-difficult/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [The applause of silence. is the only kind that counts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-jarry/the-applause-of-silence-is-the-only-kind-that-counts/)

[Alfred Jarry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-jarry/)

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> [Dance is the music of our body, sound is the rhythm of our feeling, silence is the symphony of our soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelly-mazloum/dance-is-the-music-of-our-body-sound-is-the-rhythm-of-our-feeling/)

[Nelly Mazloum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelly-mazloum/)

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> [Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go... And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-naylor/sometimes-being-a-friend-means-mastering-the-art-of-timing-there-is-a-2/)

[Gloria Naylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-naylor/)

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> [Inner silence is not just the absence of thoughts. No! Silence is the blossoming of our indomitable inner will. Silence is our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-chinmoy/inner-silence-is-not-just-the-absence-of-thoughts-no-silence-is-the/)

[Sri Chinmoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-chinmoy/)

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> [As Christians try to force prayer into public schools, they often settle for a 'moment of silence.' But that supposedly innocuous 'moment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-hayes/as-christians-try-to-force-prayer-into-public-schools-they-often/)

[Judith Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-hayes/)

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> [At the heart of silence is prayer. At the heart of prayer is faith. At the heart of faith is life. At…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/at-the-heart-of-silence-is-prayer-at-the-heart-of-prayer-is-faith-at/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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> [The silence is death. It comes each day with its shock to sit on my shoulder, a white bird, and peck at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-sexton/the-silence-is-death-it-comes-each-day-with-its-shock-to-sit-on-my/)

[Anne Sexton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-sexton/)

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> [You say, "But He has not answered." He has, He is so near to you that His silence is the answer. His…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/you-say-but-he-has-not-answered-he-has-he-is-so-near-to-you-that-his/)

[Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/)

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> [When you know you have 1,000 people sitting on the edge of their seats in silence because of a shift that just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-spacey/when-you-know-you-have-1-000-people-sitting-on-the-edge-of-their/)

[Kevin Spacey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-spacey/)

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> [I am indebted to anyone who has ever written anything. I am indebted to the unknown carver of pictograms on a gallery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/i-am-indebted-to-anyone-who-has-ever-written-anything-i-am-indebted/)

[Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/)

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> [In the speech sound wave, one word runs into the next seamlessly; there are no little silences between spoken words the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-pinker/in-the-speech-sound-wave-one-word-runs-into-the-next-seamlessly-there/)

[Steven Pinker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-pinker/)

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> [Even in the most beautiful music, there are some silences, which are there so we can witness the importance of silence. Silence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-bocelli/even-in-the-most-beautiful-music-there-are-some-silences-which-are-2/)

[Andrea Bocelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-bocelli/)

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> [This silent call you make, A silence so loud I fear the world knows it's meaning If you fill every corner of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-milligan/this-silent-call-you-make-a-silence-so-loud-i-fear-the-world-knows-it/)

[Spike Milligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-milligan/)

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> [When one is a stranger to oneself, then one is estranged from others, too. If one is out of touch with oneself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/when-one-is-a-stranger-to-oneself-then-one-is-estranged-from-others-2/)

[Anne Morrow Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/)

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> [If there is no silence beyond and within the many words of doctrine, there is no religion, only a religious ideology. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/if-there-is-no-silence-beyond-and-within-the-many-words-of-doctrine/)

[Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/)

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> [I work out of silence, because silence makes up for my actual lack of working space. Silence substitutes for actual space, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/radka-donnell/i-work-out-of-silence-because-silence-makes-up-for-my-actual-lack-of/)

[Radka Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/radka-donnell/)

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> [Silence is letting what there is be what it is. In that sense it has to do profoundly with God: the silence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rowan-williams/silence-is-letting-what-there-is-be-what-it-is-in-that-sense-it-has/)

[Rowan Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rowan-williams/)

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> [The culture of death is imposed by economic and political interests, the arrogance of power, corruption. I blame the first world for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rigoberta-menchu/the-culture-of-death-is-imposed-by-economic-and-political-interests/)

[Rigoberta Menchu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rigoberta-menchu/)

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> [A silence is needed before death, before life, before love. If you love a person you sit silently with the person. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/a-silence-is-needed-before-death-before-life-before-love-if-you-love/)

[Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/)

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> [True, absolute silence and true, absolute love are not different. Absolute silent awareness overflows with simple, fulfilled absolute love. Objects - people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gangaji/true-absolute-silence-and-true-absolute-love-are-not-different/)

[Gangaji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gangaji/)

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> [Technology has altered the way music sounds, how it’s composed and how we experience it. It has also flooded the world with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/technology-has-altered-the-way-music-sounds-how-it-s-composed-and-how/)

[David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/)

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> [“When we really want to hear, and be heard by, someone we love, we do not go rushing into noisy crowds. Silence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/when-we-really-want-to-hear-and-be-heard-by-someone-we-love-we-do-not/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [What's prayer? It's shooting shafts into the dark. What mark they strike, if any, who's to say? It's reaching for a hand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/what-s-prayer-it-s-shooting-shafts-into-the-dark-what-mark-they/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

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> [The simplest spiritual discipline is some degree of solitude and silence. But it's the hardest, because none of us want to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-rohr/the-simplest-spiritual-discipline-is-some-degree-of-solitude-and/)

[Richard Rohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-rohr/)

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> [I have naturally formed the habit of restraining my thoughts. A thoughtless word hardly ever escaped my tongue or pen. Experience has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/i-have-naturally-formed-the-habit-of-restraining-my-thoughts-a/)

[Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/)

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                        "text": "When one is a stranger to oneself, then one is estranged from others, too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others. Only when one is connected to one's own core, is one connected to others. And for me, the core, the inner spring, can best be re-found through silence.",
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                        "text": "The culture of death is imposed by economic and political interests, the arrogance of power, corruption. I blame the first world for having taken our riches for so many years. I am speaking of the superpowers that dominate the life of the world. More concretely, the World Bank, the IMF. Those that have caused and tolerated the death of our people, those responsible for the plundering of the third world. Silence is also part of repression.",
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                        "text": "A silence is needed before death, before life, before love. If you love a person you sit silently with the person. You would not like to chatter, you would like to just hold their hand and live and be silent in that moment. If you chatter, that means you are avoiding the person - love is not really there. If you love life, chattering will drop, because every moment is so filled with life that there is no way, no space to chatter. Each moment life is flooding you so vitally - where is the time to gossip and chatter?",
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                        "text": "What's prayer? It's shooting shafts into the dark. What mark they strike, if any, who's to say? It's reaching for a hand you cannot touch. The silence is so fathomless that prayers like plummets vanish into the sea. You beg. You whimper. You load God down with empty praise. You tell him sins that he already knows full well. You seek to change his changeless will. Yet Godric prays the way he breathes, for else his heart would wither in his breast. Prayer is the wind that fills his sail. Else drift with witless tides. And sometimes, by God's grace, a prayer is heard.",
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                        "text": "The simplest spiritual discipline is some degree of solitude and silence. But it's the hardest, because none of us want to be with someone we don't love. Besides that, we invariably feel bored with ourselves, and all of our loneliness comes to the surface.We won't have the courage to go into that terrifying place without Love to protect us and lead us, without the light and love of God overriding our own self-doubt. Such silence is the most spacious and empowering technique in the world, yet it's not a technique at all. It's precisely the refusal of all technique.",
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