Persecution Quote by Blaise Pascal

Silence is the greatest persecution; never do the saints keep themselves silent.

— Blaise Pascal

Silent people are dangerous; others are not so. [Fr., Les gens sans bruit sont dangereux; Il n'en est pas ainsi des autres.]

— Jean de La Fontaine

“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

“Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and majestic, into the daylight of…

— Thomas Carlyle

“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

“As Richard Foster explains, “Though silence sometimes involves the absence of speech, it always involves the act of listening. Simply to refrain from talking,…

— Richard J. Foster

“Silence is the echo of the eternal world. It is a place where God can come and speak and we can listen to him...and…

— Sister Christine Marie of the Trinity

There is likewise a reward for faithful silence. [Lat., Est et fideli tuta silentio merces.]

— Horace

Silence is terrible and painful only to those who have said all and have nothing more to speak of; but to those who never…

— Maxim Gorky

“Silence is one of the deepest disciplines of the Spirit simply because it puts the stopper on all self-justification. One of the fruits of…

— Richard J. Foster

“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 becomes sin when we remain silent in the face of evil”

— Khalid