Tender, too, is the silence of human feet. You have but to pass a season amongst the barefooted to find that man,… — Alice Meynell Copy Share Image
In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
They talked about nothing in particular, sentences that had meaning only in the sound of the voices, in warm gaiety, in the… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Yes, my mother's death is a terrible sorrow to me. I feel - do you know what I mean - the silence… — Katherine Mansfield Copy Share Image
In silence all our usual patterns assault us ... That is why most people give up rather quickly. When Jesus was led… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Few speeches which have produced an electrical effect on an audience can bear the colourless photography of a printed record. — Anonymous 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
Age should fly concourse, cover in retreat defects of judgment, and the will subdue; walk thoughtful on the silent, solemn shore of… — Edward Young Copy Share Image
“Does a lack of life always equate to death? Perhaps it’s sometimes worse than that. For us, back then, it was. We… — Sima B. Moussavian Copy Share Image
Creativity has two possibilities. One is that it arises out of your silence, love, understanding, your clarity of vision, your intimate friendliness… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Was not Hypatia the greatest philosopher of Alexandria, and a true martyr to the old values of learning? She was torn to… — Iain Pears Copy Share Image
“Maybe you just don’t have it. Maybe Romanolli was wrong about you? Promise, but no follow through…” She turned and began to… — Jamie Schoffman Copy Share Image
Silence is never-ending speech. Vocal speech obstructs the other speech of silence. In silence one is in intimate contact with the surroundings.… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
“...it was only after a long silence, when he said, in a hesitating voice, "I suppose you fellows remember I did once… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
But there is that certain something about wanting to do the will of God. If one is sincere and if one really… — Maria von Trapp Copy Share Image
On a day of burial there is no perspective--for space itself is annihilated. Your dead friend is still a fragmentary being. The… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
The most successful ideological effects are those which have no need for words, and ask no more than complicitous silence. — Pierre Bourdieu Copy Share Image
“I'm Violet," I growl. "I thought I lost something this summer, but I just realized, I never needed it." Total silence. Then… — Nicole Christie Copy Share Image
In listening and stillness there is nobody who is still, and this stillness doesn't refer to any object; it is absolutely objectless;… — Jean Klein Copy Share Image
Dont mistake my silence for ignorance,dont mistake my calmness for acceptance,and dont mistake my kindness for weakness. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“And so silence and ...darkness hold happiness and joy?" he said softly. "Assuredly," she said, "provided one listens to the silence and… — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
O precious is the pause between the winds that come and go, / And sweet the silence of the shores between the… — Arthur O'Shaughnessy Copy Share Image
“You know,” he said. “I think I would rather be a man than a god. We don’t need anyone to believe in… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The crowd reaction is something that I definitely love. When I first started if I walked out from behind that curtain and… — Eva Marie Copy Share Image
Actions speak louder than words...silence speaks volumes...and just being busy with life...well, that's just a clever exit strategy. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I prefer a kind of sweet, deep, rich prayer in which a person goes in and says, Take me down deep into… — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
[W]hen the mind is really absent, in that silence, in that unlimited space, your potential starts glowing, radiating, flowering. Suddenly you are… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“It’s lovely, like the moment of stunned disbelief immediately after you finally snap and tell the world’s most annoying office-mate to shut… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
How can you expect God to speak in that gentle and inward voice which melts the soul, when you are making so… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
Trust yourself. At the root, at the core, there is pure sanity, pure openness. Don’t trust what you have been taught, what… — Gangaji Copy Share Image
As with most great communicators, God knows that the point of silence and the pause between sentences is not to give the… — Renita J. Weems Copy Share Image
I know that when the world surrenders, pallid, to repose, the murmur of a tranquil stream through the deep silence flows. — Jose Marti Copy Share Image
Hello Rush," she said, breaking the silence. The sound of her voice almost sent me to my knees. God, I'd missed her… — Abbi Glines Copy Share Image
The silence between the notes is the good part for me. I find that to be a very important part of music… — Leon Redbone Copy Share Image
“Silence allows people to put thoughts into words. Some people might need several minutes to put thoughts into words. Silence may indicate… — Richard E. Dodge Copy Share Image
Unwinds didn't go out with a bang-they didn't even go out with a whimper. they went out with the silence of a… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
I miss the sound of your voice. And I miss the rush f your skin. And I miss the still off the… — Unkown Copy Share Image
“They were silent, humiliated by this return of the defeated, furious at their own silence, but the more it was prolonged the… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“The silence wasn't uncomfortable or hostile but exhausted--the quiet of people who have a great deal to think about but not a… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“A silence. Then he laughed, softly and unwillingly. “Well done, Vasilisa Petrovna. I have never been gainsaid in my own house before.” — Katherine Arden Copy Share Image