Silence Quotes

3932 Silence quotes by 2066 unique authors

The silence holds with its gloved hand the wild hawk of the mind. — R. S. Thomas
A thing, until it is everything, is noise, and once it is everything it is silence. — Antonio Porchia
In architecture, space was a material to be shaped, even created. For these men, the material was silence. Silence like water in which you could… — Amy Waldman
It is true that all of us are the beneficiaries of crimes committed by our ancestors, and it is true that nothing can be done… — Damon Knight
I've had every advantage in the world, despite the 18 years of silence which were nobody's fault but mine. — Gordon Getty
A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint, will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from reason and philosophy.… — Joseph Addison
The only catalogue of this world's goods that really counts is that which we keep in the silence of the mind. — Walter de La Mare
Silence does good to the soul. — Therese of Lisieux
Silence is Golden; it has divine power and immense energy. Try to pay more attention to the silence than to the sounds. Paying attention to… — Eckhart Tolle
Patience, prayer and silence-these are what give strength to the soul. — Mary Faustina Kowalska
Listen in silence because if your heart is full of other things you cannot hear the voice of God — Mother Teresa
We've had enough of exhortations to be silent! Cry out with a hundred thousand tongues. I see that the world is rotten because of silence. — St. Catherine of Siena
Nature can be trusted to work her own miracle in the heart of any man whose daily task keeps him alone among her sights, sounds… — Gene Stratton-Porter
For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence; for thus it is better secured from the oppression of the ruling powers,… — Adam Weishaupt
When kindness comes at the expense of truth, it is not a kindness worth having. And when generosity leads to silence or abuse, it is… — Rachel Simmons
Silence is deeply woven into the fabric of female experience, — Rachel Simmons
But let me have silence always, in the centre of the shouting—that is essential! Let me have silence so that no pin may drop and… — Wyndham Lewis
Let us love silence till the world is made to die in our hearts. Let us always remember death, and in this thought draw near… — Isaac Jogues
Silence and solitude are confrontational. They plunge us instantly into the truth. — Barbara De Angelis
And in the afternoon they entered a land - but such a land! A land hung in mourning, darkened by gigantic cypresses, submerged; a land… — George Washington Cable
When the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, knows the supreme silence in the Heart, this is true learning. — Ramana Maharshi
If you walk into a forest - you hear all kinds of subtle sounds - but underneath there is an all pervasive silence. — Eckhart Tolle
One's attention has to penetrate the chaotic activity, pass through all the layers of subtle thought, and at last emerge into silence. This is the… — Deepak Chopra
The growing drama has outgrown such toys Of simulated stature, face, and speech: It also peradventure may outgrow The simulation of the painted scene, Boards,… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Every now and then, when you're on stage, you hear the best sound a player can hear. It's a sound you can't get in movies… — Shelley Winters

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