“..., looking at the silent buildings, each one with a story to tell.” — Alice Steinbach Copy Share Image
Every man whose business it is to think knows that he must for part of the day create about himself a pool… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
“It was better to leave the space empty of words than to choose the wrong ones.” — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
Silence is a profound melody, for those who can hear it above all the noise. — Socrates Copy Share Image
Did you ever sit quietly with your back straight, not moving, just only cherishing the beauty of silence? — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“If silence could break bones, I would shatter right now, into pieces of stomachache and blueprints and desperation.” — Hannah Moskowitz Copy Share Image
True joy doth need no song to praise it, silence for love's delight is best. — Emanuel Geibel Copy Share Image
For far too long the American public and business sector have kept their silence as civil liberties have been whittled away by… — Bob Barr Copy Share Image
“But instead of going to the message machine, Enoch picked up. “What the hell?” Danny couldn't believe it. There was a moment… — Judith Post Copy Share Image
“Who will ever know your heart, who will ever know your mind? You have that fatal quality of silence – of a… — Daphne du Maurier Copy Share Image
The vast silence of Buddha overtakes and overrules the oncoming roar of tragic life that fills alleys and avenues; it blocks the… — Denise Levertov Copy Share Image
A friend is someone you can be alone with and have nothing to do and not be able to think of anything… — Sheryl Condie Copy Share Image
“The zoo grounds reeked of desolation, but the silence had an undercurrent, a silvery vibe, like the hush of a concert hall… — Suki Michelle Copy Share Image
In this profound silence of the room I hear the Nature breathing; I feel the stars birth, life and death between dark… — Mariana Fulger Copy Share Image
“The two of us are linked together by the heavy bonds of silence that pass through the wall seperating our two worlds.… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Silently a flower blooms, In silence if falls away; Yet here now, at this moment, at this place, The world of the… — Lilli Jolgren Day Copy Share Image
“We'll just sit here," said Barney, "and if we think of anything worth while saying we'll say it. Otherwise, not. Don't imagine… — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
“Words move, music moves Only in time; but that which is only living Can only die. Words, after speech, reach Into the… — T.S. Eliot Copy Share Image
Conversation was never begun at once, nor in a hurried manner. No one was quick with a question, no matter how important,… — Luther Standing Bear Copy Share Image
In pure awareness the mind cannot drag you down into the mud, into the gutter. In anger, in hatred, in jealousy, the… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Among friends one has the privilege of saying nothing; the civility consists in the assumption that one's silence will be civilly understood.… — Allen Tate Copy Share Image
“Few of us can fully appreciate the terrible conspiracy of noise there is about us, noise that denies us the silence and… — Gordon MacDonald Copy Share Image
“The acrid odor of overloaded circuitry permeated the air, the horrid smell witness that at least one of his senses was working… — Marcha A. Fox Copy Share Image
The leader teaches more through being than through doing. The quality of one's silence conveys more than long speeches. — John Heider Copy Share Image
“Life’s most precious moments are not all loud or uproarious. Silence and stillness has its own virtues.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Let silence be your general rule; or say only what is necessary and in few words. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent. — Confucius Copy Share Image
“Empathetic silence is one of the most underused weapons in the world.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“always struck him how much more effective silence was than words. If the effect you were after was to disconcert.” — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
Above anything, welcome silence, for it brings fruits that no tongue can speak of, neither can it be explained. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Since I've learned to be silent, everything has come so much closer to me. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
stoicism and silence does not serve us nor our communities, only the forces of things as they are. — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
“If anyone wants to pray, he should do it in the silence of the church and not carry on like people at… — Oliver Pötzsch Copy Share Image
Preach the Truth as if you had a million voices. It is silence that kills the world. — St. Catherine of Siena Copy Share Image
History has always judged silence and complicity harshly in these times of moral consequence. — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share Image
