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Silence Quotes by James Russell Lowell
- The snow had begun in the gloaming, and busily all the night had been heaping field and highway with a silence deep and white.
- Now on the hills I hear the thunder mutter... Nearer and nearer rolls the thunder-clap,— You can hear the quick heart of the tempest beat....…
- Again, now, now, again Plashes the rain in heavy gouts, The crinkled lightning Seems ever brightening... And loud and long Again the thunder shouts His…
- Whom the heart of man shuts out, Sometimes the heart of God takes in, And fences them all round about With silence mid the worlds…
- Silence is sorrow's best food.
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