Keep Silent Quotes

52 quotes by 47 authors

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive… — Jean de la Bruyere
The tongue is a small member, but it does big things. A religious who does not keep silence will never attain holiness; that is, she… — Mary Faustina Kowalska
Tact is the rare ability to keep silent while two friends are arguing, and you know both of them are wrong. — Hugh Allen
Prudent is he who can keep silent that part of truth which may be untimely, and by not speaking it, does not spoil the truth… — Pope John XXIII
One learns in life to keep silent and draw one's own confusions. — Otis Skinner
As soon as one does not kill oneself, one must keep silent about life. — Albert Camus
Keep silent, because the world of silence is a vast fullness — Rumi
Do not keep silent when your own ideas and values are being attacked. If a dictatorship ever comes to this country, it will be by… — Ayn Rand
People have become afraid of love because in love also, death penetrates. If two lovers are sitting side by side in deep love and intimacy,… — Rajneesh
Whether or not God is dead: it is impossible to keep silent about him who was there for so long. — Elias Canetti
What three things can never be done? / Forget. Keep silent. Stand alone — Muriel Rukeyser
I am indebted to the cat for a particular kind of honorable deceit, for a greater control over myself, for a characteristic aversion to brutal… — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Grown-ups didn't seem to realize that for me, as for most other schoolboys, it was easier to keep silent than to speak. I was a… — Leslie Poles Hartley
The freedom to speak is meaningless without the corollary freedom to keep silent. — Murray Rothbard
Listen much, keep silent when in doubt, and always take heed of the tongue; thou wilt make few mistakes. See much, beware of pitfalls, and… — Confucius
I ask you and all the leaders of the world: Would you act differently, would you keep silent and do nothing if you were in… — Miriam Makeba
By diminishing the value of silence, publicity has also diminished that of language. The two are inseparable: knowing how to speak has always meant knowing… — Octavio Paz
About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don't go by one text only. — Teresa of Avila
Revealing secrets can bring us pain or get us into trouble, but worse pain and worse trouble await us if we keep silent...Revealing secrets can… — Eric Maisel
It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient judgment to keep silent. — Jean de la Bruyere

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