--- title: "8 Speech Silence Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Speech Silence quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Speech Silence sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/797/joseph-conrad-336_action_it-occurred-to-me-that-my-speech-or-my-s_145528.jpg" --- > [It occurred to me that my speech or my silence, indeed any action of mine, would be a mere futility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-conrad/it-occurred-to-me-that-my-speech-or-my-silence-indeed-any-action-of/) [Joseph Conrad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-conrad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/797/joseph-conrad-336_action_it-occurred-to-me-that-my-speech-or-my-s_145528.jpg) > [“YOU CAN WIN THE WORLD BY TWO WAYS; EITHER BY YOUR SPEECH OR BY YOUR SILENCE.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-s-jagadeesh-kumar/you-can-win-the-world-by-two-ways-either-by-your-speech-or-by-your/) [P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-s-jagadeesh-kumar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/871/p-s-jagadeesh-kumar-1750_communication_you-can-win-the-world-by-two-ways-either_1072825.jpg) > [Speech and silence. We feel safer with a madman who talks than with one who cannot open his mouth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emile-m-cioran/speech-and-silence-we-feel-safer-with-a-madman-who-talks-than-with/) [Emile M. Cioran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emile-m-cioran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/393/emile-m-cioran-1211_feels_speech-and-silence-we-feel-safer-with-a_1526069.jpg) > [ More have repented speech then silence. \[More have repented speech than silence.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-herbert/more-have-repented-speech-then-silence-more-have-repented-speech-than/) [George Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adb/george-herbert-107_communication_more-have-repented-speech-then-silence-m_1596024.jpg) > [After speech, silence is the greatest power in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-baptiste-henri-lacordaire/after-speech-silence-is-the-greatest-power-in-the-world/) [Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-baptiste-henri-lacordaire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a16/jean-baptiste-henri-lacordaire_communication_after-speech-silence-is-the-greatest-pow_1838436.jpg) > [The solution when you don't like someone's speech is not to silence that person, or that corporation. It's more and louder speech…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-kinsley/the-solution-when-you-don-t-like-someone-s-speech-is-not-to-silence/) [Michael Kinsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-kinsley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57a/michael-kinsley-18523_communication_the-solution-when-you-don-t-like-someone_1883277.png) > [Silence is never-ending speech. Vocal speech obstructs the other speech of silence. In silence one is in intimate contact with the surroundings.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/silence-is-never-ending-speech-vocal-speech-obstructs-the-other/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56c/ramana-maharshi-915_communicate_silence-is-never-ending-speech-vocal-spe_2054835.jpg) > [I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-have-often-regretted-my-speech-never-my-silence/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d65/anonymous-1_communication_i-have-often-regretted-my-speech-never-m_2950326.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/speech-silence/#itemlist", "name": "Speech Silence Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It occurred to me that my speech or my silence, indeed any action of mine, would be a mere futility.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joseph Conrad" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-conrad/it-occurred-to-me-that-my-speech-or-my-silence-indeed-any-action-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/797/joseph-conrad-336_action_it-occurred-to-me-that-my-speech-or-my-s_145528.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/797/joseph-conrad-336_action_it-occurred-to-me-that-my-speech-or-my-s_145528.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/797/joseph-conrad-336_action_it-occurred-to-me-that-my-speech-or-my-s_145528.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It occurred to me that my speech or my silence, indeed any action of mine, would be a mere futility.” — Joseph Conrad", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“YOU CAN WIN THE WORLD BY TWO WAYS; EITHER BY YOUR SPEECH OR BY YOUR SILENCE.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "P.S. 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