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title: "10 Wisdom Silence Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Wisdom Silence quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Wisdom Silence sayings and thoughts."
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> [A fence to wisdom is silence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rabbi-akiva/a-fence-to-wisdom-is-silence/)

[Rabbi Akiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rabbi-akiva/)

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> [“THE END OF WISDOM IS SILENCE.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-santi/the-end-of-wisdom-is-silence/)

[DAVE SANTI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-santi/)

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> [“If wisdom's silence then it's time to play the fool.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-kraus/if-wisdom-s-silence-then-it-s-time-to-play-the-fool/)

[Chris Kraus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-kraus/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b6/chris-kraus-11419_silence_if-wisdom-s-silence-then-it-s-time-to-pl_1663895.jpg)

> [The first step to WISDOM is silence, the second is listening...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-first-step-to-wisdom-is-silence-the-second-is-listening/)

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

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> [From the enlightenment of music comes the wisdom of... silence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/from-the-enlightenment-of-music-comes-the-wisdom-of-silence/)

[Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f40/socrates-405_buddhism_from-the-enlightenment-of-music-comes-th_948811.jpg)

> [Time is one's best friend, teaching best of all the wisdom of silence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-bronson-alcott/time-is-one-s-best-friend-teaching-best-of-all-the-wisdom-of-silence/)

[Amos Bronson Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-bronson-alcott/)

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> [Silence is one of the hardest kind of arguments to refute. There is no good substitute for wisdom; but silence is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-billings/silence-is-one-of-the-hardest-kind-of-arguments-to-refute-there-is-no/)

[Josh Billings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-billings/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/851/josh-billings-777_argument_silence-is-one-of-the-hardest-kind-of-ar_816319.png)

> [The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon-ibn-gabirol/the-first-step-in-the-acquisition-of-wisdom-is-silence-the-second/)

[Solomon Ibn Gabirol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/solomon-ibn-gabirol/)

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> [It is no little wisdom for you to keep yourself in silence and in good peace when evil words are spoken to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-kempis/it-is-no-little-wisdom-for-you-to-keep-yourself-in-silence-and-in/)

[Thomas a Kempis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-kempis/)

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> [“Nouwen, Henri J. M. The Way of the Heart: Connecting with God through Prayer, Wisdom, and Silence. New York: HarperCollins, 2003.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-sarah/nouwen-henri-j-m-the-way-of-the-heart-connecting-with-god-through/)

[Robert Sarah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-sarah/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa7/robert-sarah-16360_wisdom_nouwen-henri-j-m-the-way-of-the-heart-co_2631669.jpg)

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