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Silence Quotes by Elie Wiesel
- I rarely speak about God. To God, yes. I protest against Him. I shout at Him. But to open a discourse about the qualities of…
- What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.
- Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
- The philosophers are wrong: it is not words that kill, it is silence.
- I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never…
- I was very, very religious. And of course I wrote about it in 'Night.' I questioned God's silence. So I questioned. I don't have an…
- Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.
- Language failed me very often, but then, the substitute for me was silence, but not violence.
- We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
More Silence Quotes
- I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness. — Karen Armstrong
- A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence… — Margaret Atwood
- Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom. — Francis Bacon
- Silence is the virtue of fools. — Francis Bacon
- An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind. — Walter Bagehot
- When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. — Ansel Adams
- Death unites as well as separates; it silences all paltry feeling. — Honore de Balzac
- First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body,… — Saint Basil
- Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness. — Samuel Beckett
- Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the silence. — Samuel Beckett
- My voice went recently, never happened before, off like a tap. I had to sit in silence for nine days, chalkboard around… — Adele
- Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing. — Robert Benchley