Silence Quotes · Page 148

“Mostly, we talk to impress. And sometimes we shut up to impress, too.”

— Nema Al-Araby

“May you know, that spirit speaks through silence and is in the wind. Every breath, blown into you, is still with you.”

— Ulonda Faye

If you can't understand my silence…how can I expect you to understand my words?

— Neehan

The world is in chaos not because of violence by bad people but because of silence of good people.

— Ritu Ghatourey

Consciences keep silence more often than they should, that's why laws were created.

— Jose Saramago

“I hear my silence talked of in every lane; The suppression of a cry is itself a cry of pain.”

— Darshan Singh

Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak out.

— Lech Walesa

Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.

— Charles de Gaulle

A gripper of a read . . . Silence revives the cliff’s-edge drama of those Jazz age climbs and drives home the…

— Bruce Barcott

I have learned that God’s silence to my questions is not a door slammed in my face. I may not have the…

— Dave Dravecky

“All narrative begins for me as listening. When I read, I listen. When I write, I listen—for silence, inflection, rhythm, rest.”

— Toni Morrison

I contribute to the dead of winter and the moans of silence, blood trails are music to my ears ... I'm a…

— Ted Nugent

God is the best listener and you dont need to shout, nor cry out loud. Because he hears even the very silent…

— Anonymous

“You don’t have to say everything to be a light. Sometimes a fire built on a hill will bring interested people to…

— Shannon L. Alder

“On TV, I can hit the mute button and silence any moron. I wish real life came with a hush button I…

— Jarod Kintz

I feel that silence is the greatest word, ever. When you don't talk, people begin to read things into you or you…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

“If you are trading silence or compliance for love, you are being cheated. When acceptance or love is withheld if you reveal…

— Christina Enevoldsen

There is a Silence that is totally impersonal. It is not the fruit of anybody’s work. Peace is there, but there is…

— Mooji

“Wren?' he says. 'Talk to me.' I don't reply. What would be the point? I know he will twist me around his…

— Holly Black

“There are quiet places also in the mind,” he said, meditatively. “But we build bandstand and factories on them. Deliberately—to put a…

— Aldous Huxley

The redwoods, once seen, leave a mark or create a vision that stays with you always. No one has ever successfully painted…

— John Steinbeck

“To deepen his meditation practice, Mr. Keledjian took a 10-day retreat of guided meditation in complete silence at the Southwest Vipassana Meditation…

— Anonymous

“For language to have meaning there must be intervals of silence somewhere, to divide word from word and utterance from utterance. He…

— Thomas Merton

In politics there is plenty of division, hostility, tribalism, posturing; but there's almost no curiosity. Instead of wondering why someone holds a…

— Lisa Kennedy Montgomery

“Just because there's a silence it doesn't mean that nothing is going on.”

— Margaret Atwood

Painting was called silent poetry and poetry speaking painting.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“In silence, we hear the voice of intuition's guidance; coming from that place within where it already resides.”

— Transform Publishing

What I am seeking... is a motionless movement, something equivalent to what is called the eloquence of silence...

— Joan Miro

It is to this silence [contemplative prayer] that we all are called.

— Henri Nouwen

“I’ve been prepared for almost anything; except absence, except silence.”

— Margaret Atwood

Sometimes I dont tell you what Im feeling, because Im hoping the silence between us would give you a clue.

— Anonymous

I'd tell you I miss you, but I don't know how. I've never heard silence quite this loud.

— Taylor Swift

“The quietest ideas often become the loudest stories.” — Christina Collins”

— Christina Collins

The use of language is all we have to pit against death and silence.

— Joyce Carol Oates

I think political correctness really does help us when it serves us but it doesn't help us when it silences us.

— Margaret Cho

“She tried to decide whether the silence was an empty one or a waiting one.”

— Jodi Lynn Anderson

My Guardian is the Planet of Silence. Soldier Of Death and Rebirth Sailor Saturn! - Hotaru as Sailor Saturn

— Naoko Takeuchi

“A consequence may be the very thing that saves us because it was the only thing loud enough to get our attention.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

You know," Kirk said finally, breaking the silence. "I see it. He is pretty hot.

— Cassandra Clare

IGNORANCE is being SILENT when you cannot find an ANSWER and a REASON to ASK.

— Richie Tien