Silence Quotes

3932 Silence quotes by 2066 unique authors

Nothing more enhances authority than silence. It is the crowning virtue of the strong, the refuge of the weak, the modesty of the proud, the… — Charles de Gaulle
If you ask him: "What is silence?" he will answer, "It is the Great Mystery! The holy silence is His voice!" If you ask: "What… — Charles Alexander Eastman
I 'm on the sea! I 'm on the sea! I am where I would ever be, With the blue above and the blue below,… — Bryan Procter
Life in the country teaches one that the really stimulating things are the quiet, natural things, and the really wearisome things are the noisy, unnatural… — Beverley Nichols
Calumnies are answered best with silence. — Ben Jonson
Men fear silence as they fear solitude, because both give them a glimpse of the terror of life's nothingness. — Andre Maurois
One of the greatest sounds of them all-and to me it is a sound-is utter, complete silence. — Andre Kostelanetz
We have drugs to make women speak, but none to keep them silent. — Anatole France
We can lie in the language of dress or try ot tell the truth; but unless we are naked and bald, it is impossible to… — Alison Lurie
The mouth keeps silent to hear the heart speak. — Alfred de Musset
Silence alone is great; all else is feebleness . . . Perform with all your heart your long and heavy task. . . . Then… — Alfred de Vigny
The word 'listen' contains the same letters as the word 'silent.' — Alfred Brendel
Be silent always when you doubt your sense. — Alexander Pope
As soon as one does not kill oneself, one must keep silent about life. — Albert Camus
. . . it is yours women's to be silent and stay within doors. — Aeschylus
And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears. — A. E. Housman
These be Three silent things: The Falling snow. . . the hour Before the dawn. . . the mouth of one Just dead. — Adelaide Crapsey
To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards of men. — Abraham Lincoln
Inner silence promotes clarity of mind; It makes us value the inner world; It trains us to go inside to the source of peace and… — Deepak Chopra
It has often occurred to me that a seeker after truth has to be silent. — Mahatma Gandhi
To create you must quiet your mind. You need a quiet mind so that ideas will have a chance of connecting. — Eric Maisel
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has taken us a lifetime to learn...for silence is pure. Silence is holy. It draws… — Nicholas Sparks
You don't have to explain something you never said. — Calvin Coolidge
The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes - ah, that is where the art resides. — Artur Schnabel
When you've got worries, all the noise and the hurry seems to help, I know. Downtown. — Tony Hatch

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