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Silence Quotes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- The holiest of holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart; The secret anniversaries of the heart.
- The surest pledge of a deathless name Is the silent homage of thoughts unspoken.
- Three silences there are: the first of speech, the second of desire, the third of thought.
- Only a look and a voice; then darkness again and silence.
- And when the echoes had ceased, like a sense of pain was the silence.
- Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike.
- What shall I say to you? What can I say Better than silence is?
- Ah, how wonderful is the advent of the Spring!—the great annual miracle.... which no force can stay, no violence restrain, like love, that wins its…
- What discord we should bring into the universe if our prayers were all answered. Then we should govern the world and not God. And do…
- Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on…
- Let us labor for an inward stillness-- An inward stillness and an inward healing. That perfect silence where the lips and heart Are still, and…
- ...for it is the fate of a woman Long to be patient and silent, to wait like a ghost that is speechless, Till some questioning…
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