Black-women-writers Quote by Bell Hooks

“Silence is what allows people to suffer without recourse, what allows hypocrisies and lies to grow and flourish, crimes to go unpunished. If our…

— Rebecca Solnit

“Oppression can only survive through silence.”

— Carmen de Monteflores

“i swore never to be silent whenever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. we must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the…

— Elie Wiesel

“Silence—people are afraid of it—they feel the need to make small talk, anything, just to break the stillness. I don’t feel any such need.…

— Henry Martin

“Silence is one of the deepest Disciplines of the Spirit simply because it puts the stopper on all self-justification.”

— Richard J. Foster

“Silence frees us from the need to control others. One reason we can hardly bear to remain silent is that it makes us feel…

— Richard J. Foster

Speech is the small change of silence.

— George Meredith

Speech is great, but silence is greater.

— Thomas Carlyle

“Silence is victory and patience is glory. Let silence speak our identity and let patience keep our dignity.”

— Aram Seriteratai

After speech, silence is the greatest power in the world.

— Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

Silence remains, inescapably, a form of speech.

— Susan Sontag

“Silence, because not everything can be expressed in words, Words, because silence needs company...”

— Minhal Mehdi